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@julietrobinson5519

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the discount! Getting one for my mum, it's her birthday soon

@rodepet

11 ай бұрын

'It's good to be the king' History of the world

@hankreed1

11 ай бұрын

The first time Mmmmm iumhkmhkuhhuom Up Ipippi lol Onllll😅nn

@hankreed1

11 ай бұрын

😅😅 😅 😅 😅 😅n😅 😅n😅n😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

@hankreed1

11 ай бұрын

😅😅

I'm writing all of Simon's life stories tangents and I'm going to make a biography book on Simon. Thanks for your memories Simon.

@personzorz

11 ай бұрын

Don't do this for free, send it in as a script assignment for Simon to read

@claytondennis8034

11 ай бұрын

That's exactly what a stalker would say... lol

@Etaoinshrdlu69

11 ай бұрын

How many channels does he have?

@Im-Not-a-Dog

11 ай бұрын

_To The Blazement And Back Again: A Whistle-Boi's Tale_

@maxxdahl6062

11 ай бұрын

He's not dead, not sure a book is needed. lol

"Did I miss a dictator named Nigel?" is going on my list of Things Simon Said That I Want To Turn Into Weird Cross-Stitch.

@SharpAssKnittingNeedles

3 ай бұрын

This comment is fantastic 😂 as a skilled knitter who can't sew to save my soul, I would love to see this framed on a hoop on Etsy!

Simon should rename his "office" to the Whistler Cave - Home of a Hermit.

@personzorz

11 ай бұрын

No, that's the basement with Danny as the titular hermit

@Im-Not-a-Dog

11 ай бұрын

​@@personzorzBlazement.

@treatitlikeaboardgame3508

11 ай бұрын

​@@Im-Not-a-Dog 😂 Perfect!

@CornPopsDood

11 ай бұрын

#freedanny

@grindcorgz

10 ай бұрын

Or the Whistle hole 😂

I have lived in Royston for the last 12 years and I have yet to visit the cave but that’s going to change! Thanks for covering it!

Lol. I need that on a t-shirt: "Archeologists--basically dirt wizards."😂

I love the tangent music every time Simon stops reading the script. Amazing editing 😂

@SIrIvanErection

11 ай бұрын

That and the additional clips are amazing 😂 so perfectly placed

I really love the thought of it being some completely random and seemingly insignificant hermit in a cave.

"thats the way to do it, rather than just, you know, you feel your body getting crushed in a submarine. What we talkin' about? Benches, yes." - Simon Whistler, 2023.

The idea of Simon trying to draw a unicorn for his kid to colour in instead of printing off something or buying a colouring book is sending me hahahaha

@zia_the_taby_cat

11 ай бұрын

Kinda looks like a Jacob horse from Drawfee

I love how Simon swerves back and forth between subject matter and crazy tangents. I tend to do the exact same thing, so I get a feeling of affectionate comradeship. Like, lovely one of my tribe of slightly insane, but well meaning persons, very good!

Simon, your random tangents, asides, and life stories are why I like this channel and the casual criminalist so much

@Aemirys

11 ай бұрын

Preach.... I second that! I like the other Fact Boi shows Simon does but this and the Casual Criminilist are my two favourite channels of Simon as well as being the top show I love to watch out of the many true crime channels. I don't know if its because I'm a 40y.o woman but I love how much Simon loves his kids, which is made evident by the stories he tells and how he lights up when talking about his family. Also being a 40y.o woman means I'm probably your target audience for such a product as from todays sponsor. I'm not sure how it's done but I'm guessing there are analytics that show who your audience is made up of. But I wouldn't have thought I'm alone in being a mature woman who enjoys your content. Sorry I've ended up going off on my own tangent there. I just wish Simon would trap more amazing writers in his basement with Callum and the others so extra CC and DTU content could be made.

@catscorner6221

11 ай бұрын

Brain Blaze is his best channel purely due to the tangents.

@midgarmonkey1908

10 ай бұрын

not for me, they're always so weak.

2:20 - Mid roll ads 4:40 - Back to the video 5:00 - Chapter 1 - Discovery of the cave 12:15 - Chapter 2 - Description of royston cave 23:40 - Chapter 3 - The templars built it 32:10 - Chapter 4 - Home to a hermit 37:15 - Chapter 5 - A noble chapel 42:40 - Chapter 6 - Conclusion

@Kwartsie

11 ай бұрын

Appreciate ya!

@SIrIvanErection

11 ай бұрын

You should really bookmark all Simon’s tangents as well 😂 some of them end up longer than the actual story he’s meant to be telling

@Kasei.T

11 ай бұрын

Was hoping to get a time stamp of Simon's unicorn drawing, haha

@susieunderwood4645

5 ай бұрын

@@Kasei.T It's at 16:20 😃I went looking for it, too LOL!

The description of the "cave" reminds me of an oubliette. Walled off, bones inside, most likely the bones are the prisoner who was tossed in and "forgotten", food and water tossed down the hole to them for years. And the prisoner could of easily been the one to carve the sculptures into the walls to give him something to do.

@dyamonde9555

10 ай бұрын

not a bad theory, to be honest

@dieSchreckschraube

6 ай бұрын

Could have, not "could of".

@airiannawilliams3181

6 ай бұрын

And what generation of grammar are you from?@@dieSchreckschraube

@bandit5875

4 ай бұрын

@@dieSchreckschraubeEither works in this context

@SharpAssKnittingNeedles

3 ай бұрын

It is very oubliette-like! Even if there was an entrance that was later blocked off. What a way to go, but at least some room to pace and sit down. The worst would be a slim ledge above a gaping chasm or a slim oubliette so all you could do is stand

Because of Nigel Farrage, Simon!

We need a live stream of Simon drawing taking requests from us

@Aemirys

11 ай бұрын

An interesting proposition......

Just saying a plumb line isn't for checking depth of wells it's for establishing a true vertical line or reference

@ArachnerdGC

3 ай бұрын

It refers to both checking the depth of water (or holes) as well as checking for true vertical. The first sense is where the phrase "to plumb the depths" comes from.

I loved the ruler tangents, especially because in 4th grade I got 30 centimeters as an answer and converted it to one foot as my final answer. I got sent to the principal for arguing that I was correct.

Thank you, Ilze for putting this together. Hope you’ve been well.

"Nerd!" - Simon Whistler, 2023

Simon’s approach to handling backyard archaeology would have English Heritage rolling in its proverbial grave 😂

@jrmckim

11 ай бұрын

Right lol

@onetonpun

11 ай бұрын

So long as it's not in his garden, that's fine.

@dieSchreckschraube

6 ай бұрын

@@onetonpun No it's not fine, what the fuck are you talking about?

@mvb88

2 ай бұрын

I've dug up human bones before when digging a whole for a dead cow. I didn't see shit. The amount of bones suggested a native barrel site. That would shut the farm down. Not worth it over some people who died a few hundred years ago.

@kpturn42

2 ай бұрын

@@mvb88 bro maybe don’t spontaneously admit to things that could potentially carry civil penalties in the replies to a random KZread comment

Simon, generally, I’m on board with you. You’ve even convinced this trained historian that sometimes the past really was the worst. But if you find artifacts in your garden and don’t report them, that’s … criminal. At least to me. Not Cas Crim level, but still, my heart hurts just thinking about it.

@petergeissler5738

11 ай бұрын

As a classicist I entirely agree. Heartbreaking to think that history can be erased for something as small as convenience

@katsmeow6946

11 ай бұрын

Don’t be ridiculous. With his capitalist heart, he’d pry the jewels out of the crown and sell them. Then melt the gold from the crown down and I don’t know stash it for a rainy day

@gomahklawm4446

11 ай бұрын

@peter That's called capitalism.... Hard to blame people when they are poor and have near to nothing....

@SEAZNDragon

11 ай бұрын

Time Team memories unlocked

@kpturn42

11 ай бұрын

Pretty sure he’s fully on the nighthawking train too 😬

just when I'm wondering what to watch next fact boy delivers

Simon casually forgetting Nigel Farage.. wish i could do that too lmao

Adding to my list of reasons not to be sad about being chonky: nobody will look to you as the best option to send down into a mysterious hole in the ground.

Simon should release a coloring book filled with his own original drawings 😂

Everyone: I want to find a cool cave with a crown and all. I want to get famous for discovering it and bringing this priceless piece of our history to the word. Simon: I just want to putter around in my garden. 🤣 Classic Simon. Don't get me wrong though, I love Simon and his tangents. I sub to all his channels. ALL HAIL NIGEL!

It always amazes me when people freak out about how old they'll be in FOUR years. I recently turned 50 and had all kinds of people asking me how I felt about turning 50. They were disappointed when I told them that it literally feels the same. Though I did get to have a laugh when the gals at my physical therapist's office were talking about something and I corrected them, they looked at me weirdly so I reminded them that I was 50 and they both laughed saying they forgot because I look a lot younger. To prove my age...I can't remember what we were talking about...lol.

@gomahklawm4446

11 ай бұрын

Humble brag???..

Here in australia at my age, nigel is synonymous with "nigel no friends"

@24:12 "The King can do whatever he likes" Mel Brooks: "It's good to be the king" :P

The two knights on one horse became a symbol of the order and was present on the Templar Seal showing two knights (perhaps Hugues de Payens and Godfrey de Saint-Omer) on one horse. Contemporary legend held that the symbol represented the initial poverty of the order; that they could afford only a single horse for every two men, but this is (a) only a legend without any empirical evidence and (b) even if true was only the case right at the beginning. The knights did not own anything and upon admission to the order they swore to be obedient to the master of the order, to preserve their physical chastity, and live without personal property, so to say two knights on a horse was because the individual knights were too poor to have a horse each is actually wrong. Indeed many of the knights came from very wealthy noble families anyway.

I don't watch his videos for the information. I watch for Fact boy life rants. He has such an interesting life view. He is so funny.

As much as would like to say it was used by the Knights Templar to me it’s highly more likely to be a personal sanctuary for someone or some local monastery. If the cave was built on monastery land it could have been used by a monk for a place to work in peace and pray in silence which would explain the religious images found in the cave. Although I never heard of anchorites making caves to use but I feel like that’s the most likely explanation.

But Simon, you do have a huge impact on my life, and many others, I'm sure. Besides your family, of course! You bring a lot of joy to my life and I sincerely appreciate you and your teams hard work❤️‍🔥

@sarastrawderman7313

11 ай бұрын

Haha, “allegedly “ has become a part of my vocabulary because of Simon

Can we get simons unicorn on a shirt please thank you

Anyone else feel this one reached a new level of Simon Tangents? Quite enjoyable today. Thanks all!

Thank you for making the promo bearable and fun with personal stories.

I love Simon’s tangents. I can relate to him so much. I too can’t draw at all even if I really try. I also occasionally walk around my house talking to myself. I at least don’t have two way conversations though and of course I have to talk to my cats.

Theres a book series called "Missing 411" that documents strange disappearances in forests across North America and heavily implies(without directly stating) that there is some mysterious thing making people go missing under strange circumstances. It would be interesting if you guys could do some sort of Epic Decode of the whole conspiracy thats built up around it. Have a writer pick a few of the weirder stories that are still open-ended and just toss them to Simon to shite all over with facts and logic. Its not really the type of tbing that can truly be "decoded" but is guaranteed to incite a multitude of tangents from Whistleboi and get all sorts of engagement in the comments from "True Believers", neighbors and relatives of people who "witnessed" some weird shit, and peoole angry at Simon for being rational and not buying into this crap.

@RavingKats

11 ай бұрын

Now, now. We all know it's the wendigo of the Appalachians 😇

@Loralanthalas

11 ай бұрын

No. It doesn't. It twists and lies to "create an air of mystery" and does nothing to teach you basics of EITHER search and rescue OR wilderness survival. The only thing that series does is try to turn real people into ghost stories. -- He's never honest. And there are few that are mysterious. Hell even one of them was found: landslide. Dudes take "the dogs lost the trail" - and he also refuses to mention that in over half of all search dogs lose the trial. Including due to landslide. -- He's a cop, who like all cops: have morals for hire and his take on "right and wrong" changes as quickly as the law and where there's money to be made. He's a bad man. And he doesn't do favors to those who have been, and those who will be lost in the wilderness in the future.

@RHCole

11 ай бұрын

@RavingKats Sounds like my brother's ex wife.

@Wolffangs100

11 ай бұрын

I'd love to see a DTU of Missing 411 cases

@johnr797

11 ай бұрын

Some of the cases even Simon couldn't try to rationalize with his factboy brain

Last few episodes the light to the side of Simon's head tends to look like a flower 🌺 What does a flower in your hair mean? If you're going to a Hawaiian themed event like a luau or house party, one way to declare your relationship status is by wearing a flower in your hair. If you wear the flower behind your right ear, that means you are single. If you wear the flower behind your left ear, that means you are in a relationship.

Submariner here.... that's right. Implosion is the quickest (therefore) best way to die on a Submarine. You're crushed to death before your brain has time to even process a pain signal.

First tangent not even 8 minutes in 🤣

…..”and here we go”😂😂😂 Top notch job to the editor.

19:24 Plays an Uncle Roger (Nigel Ng) meme 19:31 "Apparently no one's called Nigel anymore" tangent 🤣

@RichardWatt

11 ай бұрын

I had to Google Nigel Ng as I was thinking of Nat Gertler, the comic book writer who went by that pen name for a while.

Might have been me that commented about the signal delay to the brain vs the implosion timeframe. I have some credentials to help back up my assertion. One, I'm a retired USAF metrologist who worked in pressure calibrations and measurements. Two, there is a study done on the ARA San Juan S-42, an Argentinian naval submarine that imploded in 2017 and determined that the entire event would have been over within 20ms but that was not even a km of depth and was a full size naval sub with 44 souls onboard so it was a lot larger volume that needed to compress. The Titan sub however was at 3500ish meters and a fraction of the displacement volume so it probably was done within 10 and most likely even 5ms of time which is not enough time for your brain to process the images from your eyeballs let alone feel pain etc.

I love quotes that without context are just perplexing. "Did I miss out on a dictator called Nigel?" is a good one.

I hope that finally today the ghost will be actually real.

@infidelcastro5129

11 ай бұрын

It’s like watching an episode of Scooby Doo from the 70s lol

@nancymcnafferson3192

11 ай бұрын

@@infidelcastro5129I would have gotten away with it if it weren’t for you meddling kids

IF it's the only worthwhile conversation available, talking to yourself is not crazy

One of these days we’re going to come across something Simon finds interesting and that will be a truly remarkable day

I used to live in Royston, very near the cave. I never managed to visit it as it always seemed to be shut on times it should have been open.. But, as far as I'm aware, the origins of the town's name came from the presentation by a King William of a large stone, hence ROYal STONe.. But, I claim no source for this, although there was a large stone just over the road from the cave.

If Simon does a makeup palette, I would buy the hell out of it, and I don't normally buy palettes. Seriously, if I don't see myself realistically using at least 75% of the colours, I don't buy it.

@staytuned2L337

11 ай бұрын

I'm just sifting through the comments before I start, as I do....and I am very curious as to how we got to a Factboi palette 😂❤ Edit: I found it ☠️

@DeathByBlonde1

11 ай бұрын

Ohhhhh… now I am waiting for this makeup palette to show up!!!! 😂😂😂

@staytuned2L337

11 ай бұрын

@@DeathByBlonde1 (I'm over here legitimately thinking about this Simon endorsed product. My face is all kinds of a mess ☠️)

@SebaBuenoHaceMusiquitaJijiji

11 ай бұрын

Its my idea or his skin does look smoother?

10 ай бұрын

This comment just alerted me to another Like, and now I'm trying to brainstorm a Fact Boi eye and cheek palette: * "Don't Write Down Your Crimes" a blue-tinted smokey grey * "Don't F Up Your Kids" a warm aubergine purple *

"Imagine getting crushed to death. What are we talking about? Benches yes."

21:35 “The Greek Goddess Herpes- oop no” I choked lol

7:23 What an amazing start to my day! I’m part of a Simon digression! I don’t think I’ll wake up my wife to tell her. It can wait until after she gets up.

A family member was the royston cave guide for years.

@Jessidafennecfox

11 ай бұрын

Sweet, you ever go see it?

@MordredV

11 ай бұрын

@@Jessidafennecfox Yea, you get in through a wooden gate in a car park behind a card and gift shop and the path down is narrow as heck. Caves a sorta bell shape with carvings in the walls. Its a steep path into it and small.

I have been waiting weeks for the videos filmed when the sub thing happened because I just knew Simon would work it in.

i just want to say i love your video editor. so much. always funny and entertaining edits

Thanks so much Simon, never stop your rants😹 Great job Simon's Staff😻

A+ video! Very mysterious place full of more questions than answers.

A plumb line isn't used for finding water, it's used for finding... PLUMB😂😂

Great episode! I laughed so many times over Simon’s asides. 😂

(snorts and speaks in a nasally voice) "Smashing."

Just wanted to pop on and say I love all the Foreo devices!

I think it could be a little bit of both. Like after the Templars had largely disbanded maybe one of them went off to Royston, found a cave he liked, decided to live as a religious hermit, glammed up the place as best he could and made some crude carvings about his beliefs. Badda-bing badda-boom.

@RedBeardBG

11 ай бұрын

Not to mention, what would be good cover for a holy order designed to help guide people on pilgrimages, suddenly persecuted and forced to go into hiding? An underground cave filled with religious imagery, with a dude knowledgeable in religion and giving directions to people... Like, the Underground Railroad wasn't a unique thing. It's happened basically every time a group of people has been persecuted throughout history. Hell, you could argue coyotes smuggling people across the border is the same thing, just for different reasons.

I just thought about The S😇int , Simon Templer…late 70’s I think! 🤔 A TV series with a great looking actor! I wonder if anyone else remembers him?!?! 🤓✌️

@choklityum

11 ай бұрын

Yep, I'm old enough to remember that!

Instantly pauses video and looks up the Byford Dolphin accident. Thankfully Simon has a Highlight History video on the topic!

Lol, that bit with the unicorn drawing and the clip used.

2:10 "Don't look under the flagstone." iykyk

"August wildfire in South Africa" LOL! Clever little nod to us hehe

Simon looking at prehistoric cave paintings: They're a bit sh*t aren't they 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Best part of my Friday night

I really enjoyed the way Ilze drizzled this script with subtle gems of humor. Very well written! 👏

Man I can't belive the combined content output of your channels Simon, as soon as I finish watching all the newest videos more are coming out 10 min later!

@dieSchreckschraube

6 ай бұрын

That's easy to do when you have several script writers and editors. I'm not shitting on the guy, I enjoy his channels. But it's hardly a huge feat when he's got a whole team and all Simon has to do is read, pretty much in real time.

I listened to this, but when Simon said at the end that a picture of his drawing was featured I rewound to find it and I was not disappointed in the slightest

Fun and interesting! Thanks.

16:28 For Simon's spectacular unicorn drawing.

Dr. Stukeley tragically died while exploring a thin shaft in which he got stuck...

the implosion thing was (probably) correct: less than a blink from start to finish

That Biford Dolphin incident was friggin gnarly

I grew up in Royston! Never thought I'd see a KZread video about it 😂

Simon screaming ‘Jimmy Savile!’ might just be my most favourite thing ever 20:04

Related to the Nigel tangent: People rarely name their children Lance any longer. But people used to be named Lancelot. Ba dum tiss!

Decoding the Unknown topic request: The Death of Gloria Ramirez. In 1994 in California a lady suffering from advanced cervical cancer presented to the emergency department. Somehow everyone treating her became sick and had to be evacuated. There’s been a lot of theories from mass hysteria to her cancer treatment to something in the environment, but still no one knows for sure. It’s one of those internet stories that everyone ‘knows’ happened, but I kind of wonder if it isn’t like the SS Ourang Medan which has its own Wikipedia page but you guys totally busted. And no, Simon has NOT previously covered it here or on Casual Criminalist. I’m pretty sure he hasn’t covered at all, but if he has it must have been a fit point on Top Tenz or something. Which isn’t what we’re here for. It would be good to get the deep dive Decoding the Unknown treatment. Also no, I don’t care if other presenters/channels have covered this. I’ve probably seen it and if I haven’t please don’t bother recommending because see comment about wanting a Decoding the Unknown episode on it.

@tonycowin

11 ай бұрын

There's nothing left to decode on that well covered story through. I'd rather these more esoteric topics.

@johnr797

11 ай бұрын

Nickel for everyone who's done a video on that...

Thank you for being honest about a beauty device, I think it is totally ok to talk about it - you have tried it first and decided to share it with us. I'm a fan of your channel, but I'm always happy to use a code for an even better offer when it comes to skincare. Why not? Thank you

I want Hermits to be a thing again.

@FaceEatingOwl

11 ай бұрын

I am a hermit.

@Loralanthalas

11 ай бұрын

@@FaceEatingOwl do you have a grotto? You should be awarded a grotto.

@FaceEatingOwl

11 ай бұрын

@@Loralanthalas I have a 6' X 12' caravan, live in isolation in the middle of nowhere, I'm off grid, grow my own food etc 😊 I'm definitely naming my caravan, The Grotto 👍 thanks. The piece of land I have already dubbed, The Hermitage 😄

@Lunch_Meat

11 ай бұрын

They are, you just gotta go to the right places. I live in a small mountain town in Colorado and know several hermits who either live in their own little cabins totally off the grid and only come into town for essential and wilderness survival types who live in old mine shafts and trap/fish for food.

@madmick3794

11 ай бұрын

Still are near me.

“The Greek God Herpes … whoops!” I laughed WAY too hard at that! 🤣

A new one for the boys lessgo

13:25 I too, unfortunately, went to a C of E middle school and remember those kneeling cushions.

I honestly love this channel, more so than Casual Criminalist, CC sometimes features such terrible tragedies

My grandmother used to say that talking to oneself was a sign of intelligence.

@Jessidafennecfox

11 ай бұрын

Your gramma sounds legendary.

@katwitanruna

11 ай бұрын

@@Jessidafennecfox she was. Even after her strokes she was a pistol!

@Jessidafennecfox

11 ай бұрын

@@katwitanruna awee

@johnr797

11 ай бұрын

Or a sign of mental illness

@sonder122

11 ай бұрын

The saying I like is that you’re talking to the most intelligent person in the room.

"We are going to decode this together, settle in." Already settled, Whistle boy. Bring it!

I live about 10miles from Royston. Didn't know much about this at all. Only that they exist. Definitely going to have to visit now! Cheers Factboi !! 👍

@lilymarinovic1644

11 ай бұрын

The closest I can think.of is Nigel Farrago 😂

Oh two for one Simon You're spoiling us. Lol

Can't believe you made a video about my old digs 🤣

You are hilarious Simon. Legend

God dammit... That sponsor sounds like electronic snake oil, but I damned near drowned myself in coffee during the ad read when Simon explained forehead wrinkles with the "surprised youtuber" thumbnail face. So I appreciate the snake oil sponsorship.

Weird hermit caves are game for this channel now? How about an episode on the Cave of Kelpius in Philadelphia?

i always espect the word alien in one form or another to show up in these videos

Simon's jeering treasure-hungry NERD chanters are amazing. He got so into it haha

The second Simon started talking about prayer my video cut to a prayer app advert lol