i think becoming the pope might be easier

@GrandMoffTarkinsTeaDispenser

9 жыл бұрын

lmao!

@mpmqbi

7 жыл бұрын

Mathematically no, since a new Lord Mayor is elected each year, while the Pope reigns for the rest of their life. Maths. Ruining jokes since 500 BC

@phant0mknlght869

7 жыл бұрын

Max Payne cc

@imitationinfinity7962

7 жыл бұрын

Mpmqbi Not if you kill him.

@saftytorch4435

6 жыл бұрын

Shirley Wang instructions unclear, became Pope.

wouldn't it just be faster to become British monarch, then dissolve parliament and take control of the army and conquer the city of London?

@matti8621

7 жыл бұрын

To become the British Monarch you need to provide concrete proof of your connection to the Royal family, and if you pass that, then you will join a list of succession for the Crown which has Prince Charles, Prince of Wales as first in line and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge as second in line, all the way down the list to Benjamin Ferner Beckman who is 100th in the list. Having said that, considering the King, Princes and Princesses of Norway are on the list at numbers 74 to 78, it isn't faster to do what you listed.

@Berix

7 жыл бұрын

+Matthew Winter well, couldn't you just conquer London?

@Angelblue1302

7 жыл бұрын

Good luck. With that. Its the UK, like you can just dissolve parliament. Or Can you?

@captrexonehawkempire3192

7 жыл бұрын

*Cough Charles I *Cough

@lechevaliermalfet1

7 жыл бұрын

yes Charles try to push the city of London around, and look what happen to him.

"be a British, commonwealth or EU citizen" How times can change

@loveslycooper

3 жыл бұрын

Wonder what would have happened if an EU-citizen was mayor right now. Would he just lose his seat due to no longer being eligible?

@willbrother9246

3 жыл бұрын

Marcus Guldager EU citizens already in the United Kingdom won’t be affected

@capcompass9298

3 жыл бұрын

@@loveslycooper After a year.

@blauwbeer556

3 жыл бұрын

@@willbrother9246 wait, so couldn't EU citizens that live in England still go anywhere they want even after Brexit? Because that would be funny lol

@chansonchen4286

2 жыл бұрын

There are also now 110 livery companies.

"The butchers, the bakers, and the 2 candlestick makers" that is a great line

@AndyZach

Жыл бұрын

The rhyme came from England and probably after the founding of the Mayor of London.

"And the city of London shall have all its ancient liberties..." IT WAS ANCIENT EVEN AT THE TIME OF THE MAGNA FUCKING CARTA!?

@danycashking

9 жыл бұрын

Now that's ancient

@larrymills2417

9 жыл бұрын

Well, the Romans called it Londinium, So yeah, pretty old.

@ROFLMAOtheNARWHAL

9 жыл бұрын

History has a scale that is hard to imagine. The pyramids at Giza were built c. 2000B.C. They were as old to the Romans as the Romans are to us.

@yaroubthayer-752

9 жыл бұрын

ROFLMAOtheNARWHAL They say mamouths lived that era.

@adrianwhiteley4790

9 жыл бұрын

MashedPotato do you mean Mammoths?

"The Worshipful Company of Bakers" - You can't make this shit up.

@Pieterjanvdhd

8 жыл бұрын

+FyllingenOy Someone did...

@ninamarie177

8 жыл бұрын

There's also one called "The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards"

@CrustyBread____

7 жыл бұрын

NinaMarie that's the most British name for an organization ever

@saftytorch4435

6 жыл бұрын

FyllingenOy PRAISE LORD FRANK, GOD OF BAKERS! HE WILL SAVE US FROM SIN!

@qwertyTRiG

6 жыл бұрын

FyllingenOy Baking was extremely regulated for centuries. A mediæval law on the acceptable weights of a loaf of bread was repealed only a year or so ago.

My grandmother was a freeman of the city of london and after she passed her certificate was passed to us so we have it on our wall

Is there a thieves guild

@LunaDevaKitty

7 жыл бұрын

Don't you mean a Thieves Livery Company?

@JonatasAdoM

7 жыл бұрын

+DevaKitty Nahb that's the parlment.

@NedTesco

7 жыл бұрын

yh it's called the banking sector

@thomasduck125

7 жыл бұрын

+Ned Lightowlers Well played.

@alicethetransdalek7333

7 жыл бұрын

i want a mages guild

Wow, that is literally the most convoluted electoral process imaginable. What happened to strange women in ponds distributing swords?

@webbowser8834

2 ай бұрын

Unfortunately that has subsequently proven to be no basis for a system of governance.

Do I have to give the hat back at the end of my term?

@adventureinc1568

8 жыл бұрын

We can steal it!

@ethanrichards3238

8 жыл бұрын

+KewlAid Guy right. Get yo directions right bro

@OljeiKhan

8 жыл бұрын

+Piplup J You might "lose" it on a business trip. You know , it happens right?

@Minotaur1975

7 жыл бұрын

Furtunately, the Worshipful Company of Feltmakers can make you a replacement hat

@karnish4956

7 жыл бұрын

Piplup J 😂😂😂

To be fair, that hat _is_ pretty fucking awesome...

CGPGrey only made this video because he wants to run for Right Honourable Lord Mayor, and doesn't want his subscribers ruining his chances by running agaisnt him.

@DaDunge

4 жыл бұрын

The man who says the only reason he'd ever accept power is for the wealth would take a job with no pay?

@inanjarif1388

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaDunge ??? When'd he say dat?

@DaDunge

3 жыл бұрын

@@inanjarif1388 In one of the podcasts.

@anushervontabarov8568

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaDunge Do you think that the only wealth that he could get is from a salary? Oh boi, we live in different worlds.

@DaDunge

3 жыл бұрын

@@anushervontabarov8568 No but Grey does, Grey is totally opposed to ever run for any kind of political office, listen to his podcast.

It's like a medieval guild government time capsule.

@capp12249

7 жыл бұрын

sounds cool

@MarkFace6

7 жыл бұрын

Sweet band name alert

@kenlandon6130

2 жыл бұрын

there are guilds made just recently like the company of art scholars which was founded in 2014

"that fancy hat, which just might make it all worthwhile" tf2 in a nutshell

@ender_scythe2879

8 жыл бұрын

Daniel Xie True, very true. P.S. I've never got a hat in tf2 EVER!

@june9914

8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Xie In a nutshell... Kurzgesagt?

@ender_scythe2879

8 жыл бұрын

+Mr. Pasta Not really, but Kurzgesagt is awesome

@yirenchen6384

6 жыл бұрын

Not even a gibus?

@jadew7764

6 жыл бұрын

So, I get a burning flames tc for a years worth of speeches. Hmmmm...

@CGP Grey For the record, you don't need to be an Alderman to be a Sheriff of the City of London. You frequently have one Aldermanic Sheriff and one non-Aldermanic Sheriff (the Aldermanic Sheriff will be the one on the path to becoming Lord Mayor). To be eligible to be a Sheriff, you will also need to have been a Master of a Livery Company.

@lucaswebdev

Жыл бұрын

may i wonder how you know that ?

@cristopherrobin5862

Жыл бұрын

Sources?

@WalterKhayyam

Жыл бұрын

@@cristopherrobin5862 look at the previous shrieval election (the one that took place just prior to covid).

In case you're wondering, CGP Grey in this video spoke at 190 words per minute. Needed to determine how long a video I'm making will be based on my script, just in case someone wanted to be saved the effort I went through.

@JaredConnell

Жыл бұрын

Couldn't you just have read your script and timed it?

@Sir_Isaac_Newton_

Жыл бұрын

​@@JaredConnell not how it works

Wow. Never have I seen a plot of land *so fertile* for seeds of corruption to blossom into giant oaks.

@marenkuether-ulberg3311

8 жыл бұрын

+AJ Bartram Perfectly put. And surely *that's* never not been the case. It almost puts Citizens United to shame. Nah, CU is pure crack cocaine compared to this, with no cool hats.. just a shiftless block of purposefully cock-blocking, bought off and oft petty seat holders. Can we have a pretty hat, please?

@marenkuether-ulberg3311

8 жыл бұрын

+Maren Kuether-Ulberg BTW AJ Bartram -- may I borrow your quote?

@MiauFrito

7 жыл бұрын

+Vincent Valarian (Ellthan) Citizens United

@tfkfunguy9109

6 жыл бұрын

The City of London runs the British Overseas Territory tax haven system as well : )

@thesupertsar4473

6 жыл бұрын

Alexander Bartram *OOF*

I thought the Holy Roman Empire was a clusterfuck.

@kbking16

7 жыл бұрын

It was one of the most organized groups in it's prime, but after Caeser, emperors kept assassinating each other

@MelkromisteinWeeb

7 жыл бұрын

Kbking16 The Holy Roman Empire wasn't the Roman Empire.

@kbking16

7 жыл бұрын

Töfter Melkrom i misread your comment. The HRE was a huge clusterfuck, and near the end it was mostly just Austria

@MrTohawk

7 жыл бұрын

? Be a man of high nobility and have a majority of at least 4 of the 7 prince electors vote for you after the previous emperor died.

@MelkromisteinWeeb

7 жыл бұрын

MrTohawk The election of the emperor was the most reasonable part of the empire.

never underestimate what a British person will do for a fancy hat...

I like how they had the candlestick makers and then one guy must have gotten kicked out or something and said, "I'm gonna make my own candlesticks! With blackjack! and hookers!"

There is a creeper in the window at 1:02, creeper at the right in a suit at 1:45, creeper down left at 2:05 Illuminati confirmed

@calmcowboy

9 жыл бұрын

Why are they there?

@TheRWS96

9 жыл бұрын

FrasierCraft Saw them

@stumbling

9 жыл бұрын

FrasierCraft 3:47 the middle one has a smiley face on the shield.

@Mister.Unknown

8 жыл бұрын

FrasierCraft Notch confirmed

@jakehix8132

8 жыл бұрын

+FrasierCraft I had to go back n look.... well caught, kind sir.

I feel it would be easier to just invade the city and take that hat. And it is a Nice Hat.

@writershard5065

9 жыл бұрын

raltor40 Well, it's about the money. Money spells power. Marching in an army could literally be suicide by destabilization. Also who the fuck cares? The city does it's own thing, and helps everyone out to live a happy life. Why bother investing time, money and resources over taking over the City of London, than actually utilizing those resources on actual problems

@kyleunwin9069

8 жыл бұрын

Writer Shard your argument would make sense, but it's that nice hat that's up for grabs here

@Vicioussama

8 жыл бұрын

Writer Shard But you have to remember... MURICA! let's bomb em and take that hat!

@MisterGunpowder257

8 жыл бұрын

Kyle Unwin Clearly, this hat must be secured at all costs. Clearly, we need a special kind of man to do this. An Australian, to be precise. Saxton Hale is coming for you, Lord Mayor.

@israellai

8 жыл бұрын

+raltor40 haven't there been tons of failed invasions? that's precisely why there still exists a City of London right?

I became a Freeman of the city of London last year. It’s quite a bit easier than this video makes out

Never underestimate what a man can do for a fancy hat.

Lots of effort to get a fancy hat Sounds like TF2

@syncout9586

7 жыл бұрын

^HAHAHA! This guy...

@MarisaFan411

7 жыл бұрын

nope all you need to do is wait or buy it

@DogsRNice

7 жыл бұрын

Wait the mayors hat looks like one you can get in tf2

@moreiglesias

7 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Contreras l

@aiso9198

6 жыл бұрын

Why dont just a fancier hatt instead

If you think about it tho. if you already are part of a guild and/or is a long time business man nearing retirement, you can go into this not really needing the money. It would just be a fun little thing, where you'd truly feel like a king,, Sounds fun for someone who's getting into a midlife crises and hasn't yet decided which Porsche he's going to buy

@hopelopelop

8 жыл бұрын

+ahmad kurabi and you get a fancy hat

@ahmadkurabi

8 жыл бұрын

YAASSS :DD

@renren2740

8 жыл бұрын

and you get fancy outfit with fancy title: The Right Honourable, Lord Mayor [insert name] :))

@davidkless9131

7 жыл бұрын

+Paulina Tjandra good for the resume!

@phueal

4 жыл бұрын

That’s basically who these people are.

Instructions unclear, joined a wizard guild

The London metropolitan area used to have a centralized government even before 2000, but Margaret Thatcher broke up the London government into small local governments, because the mayor of London vocally opposed her. You know, normal stuff

@MeiinUK

Жыл бұрын

And then the country went down a trajectory... And then... The commonwealth was liberated.. ans when you see Sri Lanka now. Which should be controlled in a similar way as City of London but via HK. Is not ? A lot of antagonists and more. And now, you have silicon fin tech in Cali which is doing the same too. They are so unstable that they created 13 exchanges.

You get your power from God, you get your power from the people, I get my power by simply existing.

@Katzelle3

8 жыл бұрын

I get my power from food and sleep.

@courteous_count

8 жыл бұрын

+Katzelle3 I get my power through photosynthesis

@ahva2280

8 жыл бұрын

I get my power from the inevitable demise of other creatures.

@AtheniCuber

7 жыл бұрын

I get my power from the wall outlet which is connected to the municipal electricity system, which is likely powered by coal.

@JocaIdrone

7 жыл бұрын

I get my power from the field spell card 200+ attack !!

That might be the most honest political position ever established. Not only do you have to shell out your own cash to hold the position, but everyone knows exactly which companies' pockets you live in.

I love that The Knights of Good are in his list of guilds!

Anyone notice the little smile on the shield of the knight around 3:50?

I love the crest at 4:06 with minute physics, CGP, crash course, and vi hart!

@expiredgoatmeal1666

7 жыл бұрын

yeah that was cute

@aswomeos

7 жыл бұрын

And the mice from SmarterEveryDay.

@user-nb1fg3gk1w

7 жыл бұрын

Alex Edwards, look at 2:05 there's a creeper at the bottom left

@mihirbindal4012

5 жыл бұрын

@@aswomeos U was thinking throught the video - where have I seen these mice.

@chrisbartow192

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Hart and minute physics only ones I recofnize (edit) AND GREY TOO

... The Bankers, The Wheelwrights, the Butchers, the Bakers, **TWO** different candlestick makers... IDK why but him saying all the "guilds" somehow sounded like an odd nursery rhyme and saying him saying "Two different candlestick makers" is somehow very funny to me

@Kradiancy

9 жыл бұрын

You never heard rub-a-dub-dub? Classic nursery rhyme...

@adrianwhiteley4790

9 жыл бұрын

Kradiancy 3 men in a tub

@the-chillian

8 жыл бұрын

adrian whiteley So there's a tubmaker's guild too?

@mafupk

8 жыл бұрын

+Hector the Third It's because of the Butchers Bakers and makers. It really sound like a nursery rhyme and the way he says it sound pretty funny ideed

@vince8901

5 жыл бұрын

@@mafupk it kind of is a nursery rhyme though

I was not expecting my school to come up in this video. At 3:52 it's one of the schools the Haberdashers funds; I had no idea they were a Guild in the City of London. This is why I watch these videos.

Alderman is an archaic form of elderman, or Elder. In the nordic languages elder is still translated as ålderman.

I just want to go there just so I can say I'm a part of guild. How awesome would that be!

@MrFrancesco31

8 жыл бұрын

something like: "hey, babe.. did i ever tell you... i'm a candlestick-makers-guild member?" that'll get you all the lasses

@AgentCamtho1

8 жыл бұрын

+Francesco Magnoni "And I've saved a special candlestick just for you" Too much?

@MrFrancesco31

8 жыл бұрын

oohhh yeahhh

@dattebenforcer

8 жыл бұрын

+U1timate1nferno Medieval Guilds/corporations weren't all that exciting. They essentially controlled the monopoly on a certain profession and had strict regulations, i.e. bakers could not create a new pastry of their own accord, doing so was a privilege granted by the guild.

@mirzaahmed6589

6 жыл бұрын

Wax chandler or tallow chandler?

Wait, why does the accountant building have a flag on it featuring a skull. What are they pirate accountants?!?

@coooooooooool1000

8 жыл бұрын

+Блажо Ђуровић its cooler

@tkelly1826

8 жыл бұрын

+Блажо Ђуровић It might have something to do with a Monty python sketch about some olde-fashioned accountants turning their building into a shit and raiding other businesses.

@xaderalert

8 жыл бұрын

+Блажо Ђуровић The Crimson Permanent Assurance

@eldrago19

4 жыл бұрын

"It's fun to charter an accountant and sail the wide accountancy To find, explore the funds of shore and skirt the shoals of bankruptcy" ~ kzread.info/dash/bejne/aY2Jy6R7nNe1l5c.html

@vaiyt

4 жыл бұрын

Evil stonks

I suspect that there are probably perks to being Lord Mayor including money and gifts that may not be paid officially but definitely make the burden of covering expenses much more bearable.

Your videos are such good vibe, so relaxing, I love youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, aggressively.

Me during the entire video: "Oh! Come on!"

Im going to do all of that, just so that i can have that dank outfit and people call me "The right honourable, Lord Mayor [Inser name here]"

@suyci

8 жыл бұрын

+Rising Dawn Greetings Lord right honourable asshat! Actually quite a correct title for someone in that position.

@leaf206

8 жыл бұрын

+Rising Dawn Run for PM, it might be easier than all this...

Most town mayors in the UK get the hat and chain as well... my friends grandad was mayor in a small town and got a chain and hat and robes and his expenses were paid but he didn’t get a salary and he was only mayor for one year... but all he had to do was 1) live in the town 2) be over 18 3) get elected to the council by the residents 4) get elected mayor by the council

No pay? Fuck it I'll do it for that hat.

@sohamkakadia

6 жыл бұрын

Sell the hat for 3.26 million, break out your cellar of mutated unstoppable bubonic plague, and take over Europe!

So I was already so impressed until.............. "one year, with no salary, and you have to cover your own expenses" Like, OH.MY.GOD. what the heck LOL

@connorschultz380

5 жыл бұрын

The point is this guy is already filthy rich. I'm sure it's like the royal family. It had more power at some point but that power fell apart.

@markf5220

4 жыл бұрын

It's also a direct path-blocker of the middle and working classes to the role

@timmyb8353

3 жыл бұрын

If only we did that in America. You would have to prove you REALLY wanted the job because we won't pay you. Then again, being hired by companies and already terribly rich and making stump speeches about your friends.... previous statement retracted.

@freddykrueger8076

3 жыл бұрын

@@timmyb8353 Yeahhhhhhh. Just riding on this in case anyone is looking at this comment chain. Paying no salary to politicians is an awful idea, as the lower their salary, and the more they feel they have to do, the easier it is to bribe them. Pay someone no salary, and have it be a job with such an extreme amount of requirements like Lord-Mayor of London, and the job intensity? Thats just asking for people who will either already be insanely corrupt and in the pockets of corporations, or someone who will sell out at every given moment.

@SerTempleton

3 жыл бұрын

@@markf5220 you're are a smart man. Haven't thought of it like that.

You forgot the step where you have to become Hortator.

@MrTreefoz

7 жыл бұрын

Does that have something to do with the fancy hat? :P

@slendy9600

7 жыл бұрын

not to mention getting all the ashlander clans to name you neravarine

@georgedoty-williams2085

4 жыл бұрын

You just made up those words

"The job pays nothing" "D'OH!" "... Unless you're crooked." "WOO HOO!"

who else saw the creeper at 1:47?

@jhonziegler7063

7 жыл бұрын

Me two

@flare9222

7 жыл бұрын

Yup, first thing I saw

@Zepar12

7 жыл бұрын

One at 1:01 as well

@hps362

7 жыл бұрын

He's in a suit.

@hps362

7 жыл бұрын

Also goddamnit zepar you scared me

I've seen an island on a lake, on an island on a lake. Crater lake Oregon. Pretty place but there is no mayors or hats and stuff.

Let me just say that I'm a proud American, but like sometimes just hearing to be part of a GUILD would be amazing

@devonfears7450

8 жыл бұрын

Wow that grammar.

@DDG2023

8 жыл бұрын

+Devon Fears Guild access denied. Well, until you can say the word "mummy" without thinking of an Egyptian tomb, anyway.

@devonfears7450

8 жыл бұрын

Lol

@devonfears7450

8 жыл бұрын

I can

@techhelpportal7778

Жыл бұрын

Real guilds exist in the US. Depending on your interest and location you can prolly find one

It was probably founded in 43 AD, when the Romans invaded Britannica. It was one of the first settlements they built and was the capital of Roman controlled Britain. They founded it by rowing up the River Thames.

The most important question though... Do you get to keep the hat?

@ShardtheWolf

7 жыл бұрын

John Hernandez You must first ask the habadasher livery comapany, and the alderman must support the descision. Then its just an 82 year waiting period.

This point has probably been brought up before, but The City of London is actually a City inside a City (London) inside a Country (England), Inside a Country (United Kingdom), Inside a Continent (Europe) inside a Continent (Eurasia)

@DevOfDoom99

9 жыл бұрын

Inside of earth

@jxffxry

9 жыл бұрын

TheDevDoomFilms well actually it's >on< the earth, not in it. But I get what you're saying.

@alexnguyen8913

9 жыл бұрын

Jeffory TheDreamer inside a solar system, inside a galaxy, inside a universe, inside a [insert something larger than what was mentioned above here], inside a [repeat previous step continuously]

@DevOfDoom99

9 жыл бұрын

Inside of time. Inside all of existence inside of my mind who is inside a country ON an earth in a solar system inside a galaxy inside the cosmos inside the universe inside of time inside of all of existence. This can keep going.

@jxffxry

9 жыл бұрын

I believe you're all missing the point, the point I'm making is that the borders between them are fuzzy.

Britain was built on the back of fancy hats.

@Ayplus

10 жыл бұрын

I enjoy ur fancy hat gud sir. . .Would you like to be an Alderman?

Always great videos. Thanks!

I. AM. SHOCKED. I would LOVE to see a good documentary about the current The Right, Honourable, The Lord Mayor of London. Who is this guy?

Hidden Creeper guy at 1:46

@zioming

8 жыл бұрын

+Jacob Nugent (yacabo) another at 1:02

@mimic6494

8 жыл бұрын

What's that about is is supposed to be an inside joke or are they just there?

@lukejohnson1079

8 жыл бұрын

+MiMiC it's a joke that's in a lot of the history videos

@alexanderlysen2477

8 жыл бұрын

+Jacob Nugent (yacabo) another one at 2:05

@thortheswagger7337

8 жыл бұрын

+Jacob Nugent (yacabo) he does that everywhere

"The butchers, the bakers, and TWO candlestick makers"

I laughed out loud at this video because it's so insane. And I'm British. Our country really does have some crazy, archaic, arcane shit.

@HeortirtheWoodwarden

Жыл бұрын

You should be proud of it. It's so badass to have your city be so old that there are no records of when it began and still have institutions and terms from the Medieval Age.

@SurprisinglyDeep

Жыл бұрын

This Lord Mayor of London thing comes off to me as humorously wacky. Then again I'm not from the UK. This system is probably so complicated because the City of London's government predate later, more efficient and less corrupt forms of city governance.

@greatwolf5372

Жыл бұрын

@@HeortirtheWoodwardenYep this is something to be proud of. Weird traditions that don't really make sense nowadays make us connected to our ancient ancestors. Everything doesn't have to be a rational, efficient and dare I say "fair" system.

You forgot to mention the little ceremony that takes place between incoming and out going mayors.

Thanks for your great videos of London. I was there in 2011 and I loved it! Also, I am a fan of Rumpole of the Old Bailey and was so glad to make a stop at the Old Bailey when I visited London, England! Hats off to you!!

Sounds like this city likely has a huge corruption problem

@MiauFrito

7 жыл бұрын

Panama papers: the City of London is at the heart of the web

@merrymachiavelli2041

7 жыл бұрын

Is it still corruption if the system is pretty much designed to be run by the wealthy?

@svampebob007

7 жыл бұрын

problem? there's no corruption problem, if anybody tries to stop them they'll just claim that the last batch of coins were bad :) wopdido here comes the greater depression. They are basically the federal reserve... just imagine how much power some people must have if a kingdom builds a city to rival their economic wealth and fails for over 1000 years... they shit gold bullion every time they take a breath.

@IkeOkerekeNews

4 жыл бұрын

How is corrupt?

@konfunable

4 жыл бұрын

no shit, Sherlock.

no wonder the title sounds so great

1:52 I didn't know Pacman was The Common Council

Do Americans say 'three-fourths' rather than 'three-quarters'? Never knew that!

@Kupiakos42

9 жыл бұрын

We say both. Commonality depends on region.

@MClightOfDay

9 жыл бұрын

Personally I use both, I use 'three-fourths' more when referring to the number, and 'three-quarters' when I'm referring to, well, three quarters of something.

@blaine8272

9 жыл бұрын

I use both. Kinda just depends on how you like to talk.

@skimlines

9 жыл бұрын

three quarters sounds like 75 cents. I wouldn't read 3/4 like that.

@saccerzd

9 жыл бұрын

skimlines ah, I'd not thought of that - makes more sense why Americans don't say it now!

One year tenure: Mayor says: yeah sure, I can live with that..it's public service anyway..sure was hellish what I've been through though...but yeah.. No salary: Mayor says: ooookaay..that sucks, but yeah, fine..wouldn't be mayor if I wasn't influential and rich..nice hat though.. No paid expenses + go around the world on speeches to promote city: Mayor says: FUCK THIS SHIT!

5:17 - Interesting thing I discovered recently, the street in Canadian Subburbia I used to always walk down for elementary school is actually named after a Lord Mayor of London, as he was at the opening ceremony of the subdivision in the 50s.

Outstanding video!

even if theres no salary, u could get loads of money to pay for it by selling that hat on eBay

Why would the mayor's office have the flag of South Africa at 4:28?

@noahlocke8530

8 жыл бұрын

+CoWinkKeyDinkInc Why not?

@greg.sym.4115

8 жыл бұрын

It's a commonwealth republic? I dunno and I'm South African

@TheDukeOfWaltham

8 жыл бұрын

+CoWinkKeyDinkInc Guildhall is regularly used for banquets and receptions, which I suppose was the main purpose of large halls such as this until convention centres came about. Foreign leaders on a state visit to the UK are often hosted by the Lord Mayor at Guildhall, and as it happens, Jacob Zuma received the same treatment in 2010, so the flags could very well be in his honour.

@toptoddi

8 жыл бұрын

+CoWinkKeyDinkInc They were probably hosting some south african visitors

@AJZulu

8 жыл бұрын

+TheDukeOfWaltham Knows what's up.

1:48 that’s an interesting member of parliament right of the blue portion of the pie chart.

"But, at least can I keep the hat after my term's over?" "No."

Very educating and funny! Thanks for broadening my mind. I occationally work at the home of the Lord Mayor, Mansion House, but had no idea this is how it all works.

It sounds like a punishment to me. Go along with what the rest of us want or we will elect you Mayor.

@barelycompetent9220

8 жыл бұрын

+Dan Sweeney The hat though

Grey, I know you've got a video pre-uploaded and scheduled to premier because I'm getting your video recommendations out of the blue again. Can't wait to see what you cover next.

The Butchers, the Bakers, *_two_* Candlestick Makers I see what you did there

1:54 who voted for the creeper?

@elijahpatton2179

6 жыл бұрын

Vote enderman who should have apeared but didnt

Now that London doesn't want to leave the EU. This video about City of London might become more relevant.

@sabin97

7 жыл бұрын

london wants to leave. the city of london doesnt ;)

@graceliu8839

7 жыл бұрын

+sabin97 do you have the voting results of the City of London in the referendum to back up your claim?

@sabin97

7 жыл бұрын

Grace Liu of course www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/23/leave-or-remain-eu-referendum-results-and-live-maps/ if you look carefully in the city of london the vote to remain was over 75% while in london the votedto remain was almost 60%

@graceliu8839

7 жыл бұрын

sabin97 wow! So you're saying that they both overwhelmingly wanted to stay in the EU! And to do that against the rest of England voting leave, they can decide to secede.

@sabin97

7 жыл бұрын

Grace Liu london cannot secede. it is forever bound to the will of the rest of england. the city of london i dont know. it has a strange status. it's not a normal city. london, on the other hand, is a normal capital.

Love the music at the end!

What of the city's thieves? Do they have a guild?

That chart tho.....

well it is a pretty damn sweet hat...

Where can I get more music like this? it's awesome! Thank you for the video I truly enjoyed it.

1:02 The creeper outside the window 1:46 The creeper in the suit

2:05 - Bottom left, a creeper?

@bassplayer2011ify

10 жыл бұрын

yep in a suit

damn! I was gonna do all that until I heard no pay check, luckily I watched the whole video :D

My great grandfather was a freeman of the city of London because he was one of the founders of the guild of upholsterers

I love this stuff it is so awesome!

3:10 theres a smiley face on the guild logo lol

It wouldn't be a CGP Grey video without a ‽ (interrobang), or a random creeper just hanging out like at 1:45.

Wow, that is vastly more complicated than I had imagined it was going to be.

1:02 there’s a creeper in the left window, 1:45 there’s a creeper in a suit in the upper-right corner and 2:05 there’s a creeper in a suit in the down left corner

Well, for those who never heard of there is a place called Mansion House where the ceiling is painted with actual gold and the acting Lord Mayor resides with his/her family, it is where all the fancy dinners and other parties happen. Roughly 17yrs ago I used to work for a company that was in charge of running all catering related events in CoL and I must tell you most people would be outraged to find out who runs the show and whom they worship. Well, the British empire might be long gone but its reach and control is beyond funny. It is surely not about the fancy hat but more likely about being a vital cog in the Illuminati.

Probably Shakespeare was thinking about this whole process when we wrote "Too much Ado about nothing"

These videos are amazing, hpw much work goes into these?

That mayor title really is for one who has it all

whats with the creeper in a suit at 1:55?

@aidanellis7879

8 жыл бұрын

Ikr?

@rumplstiltztinkerstein

8 жыл бұрын

Creepers have been participating on politics for a long time. Haven't you heard?

@kwcy92

7 жыл бұрын

+Lucas Lemos creeper has right too

@aintnoway686

7 жыл бұрын

i never noticed that

@rumplstiltztinkerstein

7 жыл бұрын

Michael Benedict Just how do you think trump and hillary are the ones on the presidential finals? Creepers are the ones who control the country and everything that happened there. Who do you think is responsible for those terrorist attacks? Creepers, are the key to everything.

What did it cost Everything *he says with a cool hat*

Guild of Shipwrights: "so let's stick a dude in a wheelchair up in the rigging and call it 'charity'"

This is quite a strange system of government! Thanks for the video!