Gone to seed means you've let yourself go, neglected yourself. I imagine it comes from root crops. If you don't harvest/eat them in time they 'go to seed' and start sprouting loads of stalks, flowers and eventually seeds.

@irreverend_

Ай бұрын

Gone to/put out to pasture is the idiom I'd expect

@arjovenzia

Ай бұрын

entirely correct. Ive found tho, alot of things that throw to seed actually make really good leafy greens. better than spinach or lettuce. if you like that sort of thing. its complely not a a cabbage or turnip or carrot any more, but tasty veg is tasty. not something you can buy from a shop, but its gotta be good for you...

@irreverend_

Ай бұрын

@@arjovenzia I currently have more than 100 really nice fragrant white roses outside my front door. Nothing to do with me, just letting things grow on their own. It's a climbing rose and it's used a 16ft hedge and a bit of wall to get that big, but yeah it's a bunch of 16ft high climbing roses, and they're ones that are really fragrant too.

Bill is a national treasure.

Miss Mandy, Bill Bailey once did a tribute to Metallica where he played one of their most popular songs with a band using squeeze horns for old fashioned push-bikes.

Did you know Bill Bailey was a contestant on Strictly come dancing? I think it’s called Dancing with the stars in America? He won!

@dave_h_8742

Ай бұрын

Did he ? Really ? Are you shure now ? Stopped watching when Ann Widdercombe was not voted off and good dancers were. After John Sergeant wasn't voted off the year before i eventually gave up on it.

Re: the goose story. Imagine that happening right outside the white house, basically the same thing with being on The Mall are you're outside Buckingham Palace

Understatement of the year - "Holding a gun to someone's head while asking a question is invasive"

@MandyCaneLane

Ай бұрын

Well it is 🤣🤣

Gone to seed is a British expression meaning passed your best. It refers to flowers when they at there peak, bloom then go to seed

Mandy has so much energy , Chloroform wouldn't make her tired !

How can you think Bill playing any music on an instrument is awkward? It’s super enjoyable and wonderful and could watch it for hours. Not awkward at all even for a talk show

The song he played in the final clip was Candle in the Wind by Elton John, the guest on the left of screen is Bernie Taupin, who wrote the lyrics to that song and a whole bunch of other Elton John songs during a very long collaboration.

"Gone to seed" basically means the same thing as "past your prime."

Outside Buckingham Palace might be the clue.

@phillipridgway8317

Ай бұрын

Princess Anne's bodyguard was once shot while protecting her from a would-be assassin in the same vicinity, many years ago. That may explain their caution these days. They probably thought he was planting a bomb by the road, or something!

It was outside Buckingham palace... Where the king/queen lives.... Hence the royal protection officers.

@raycardy4843

Ай бұрын

Yeah, they could have thought that he was stealing a swan - as those belong to The Crown (King/Queen)..!

'parasitic slug' is quite an unflattering description of Dax in DS9! 😂

@richardgoddard37

Ай бұрын

Dax is the name of the symbiont so it's pretty accurate. Jadzia & then Ezri, were its hosts. The Deep Space 9 series bible describes it as resembling " a short fat snake".

@jerribee1

Ай бұрын

You mean like Goa'uld?​@@richardgoddard37

@Will-nn6ux

Ай бұрын

​@@richardgoddard37I didn't say it wasn't *accurate*. 😂

If you aren't tired after a meal, you aren't eating nearly enough. The phrase 'food coma' is there for a reason! 🤣

@BigyetiTechnologies

Ай бұрын

Unless it's Christmas and you've eaten so much it hurts to sit in any position, let alone lie down

@livb6945

Ай бұрын

Quite the opposite, if you get tired from eating you eat too much. Food coma is what you get when you don't stop eating when you're full

I always piss off insomniacs by saying " just stay awake until you drop your phone a couple of times....then go to bed" youll sleep but youll feel like shit the next day 😸😴

The thing with the goose was that he was parked near the Queens house at 3am wrestling with something in his trunk. They probably thought he had a bomb or a gun.

Not awkward on a talk show. Graham often has musical guests who perform their songs before being interviewed.

There are 2 reasons food can make you sleepy. 1: You ate too much (xmas dinner). 2: You ate a lot of protein/meat. A Beef Stroganoff made with chunks of beef can take a couple days to fully process.

Music with comedy is what Bill Bailey does and also playing about with music, playing pop songs on traditional instruments etc. I don't think it was awkward. Additionally, he was playing a song which Elton John wrote to the lyricist of that song.

If you eat before sleep, lie on your left. Lying on your right side tends to cause valve issues and reflux. With reference to the goose story, in the early nineties there was a mortar attack on Downing Street by the IRA. They parked up a short distance away and fired from inside a van. Given The Mall is just down from Buckingham Palace, the police in the area will be interested in any vehicles stopping, especially if someone is fiddling around in the boot of their car.

Saw Bill in Belfast back in 2019, and he played lots of Irish trad style music. And I feel like he played mandola even then (I've played one myself but play its smaller cousin the mandolin more). But maybe it was the bouzouki, a Greek instrument that looks and sounds very similar. This music makes me feel glad to be Irish

It's because it was just outside Buckingham Palace. If it was in the countryside...i doubt peeps would've cared that much lol. He's used this in his stand up and if memory serves, sadly, he said the goose didn't make it.

I get the very strong feeling that the goose story has had morre than a little embellishment down the years.

@Will-nn6ux

Ай бұрын

Great story though. I like the goose turning to look down the barrel of the gun. 😂

Drax is also the name of a James Bond villain in Moonraker (1979) and also the name of the largest power station in Britain and also a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, UK, among other names/entities.

I use to be able to eat and lie down, but the last few years I will start coughing and it can end up with me puking my dinner up.

Only weird for 'some' .. He is a national treasure....🥳🥳🥳

Bill is super talented

One time Graham told his mum Bill Bailey was coming on the show and she said "Is that the bald guy with the long hair?"

If I wake up and I read I was dead, I ring up everyone say im alive.

@thegroovetube3247

Ай бұрын

Bit self-defeating, that. By the time you'd rung everyone you really would be dead.

Ha ha... BIRDS... Well got out of. 😆

great stuff, good reaction!

We have the same thing in our family, me, my brothers, my mother, my cousin, my father, none of us can eat after 6 pm because if we lie down the food will come back up and we might choke.

I won’t lie down for 2 hours after a meal, digestion experts say you shouldn’t go to bed full of food, it makes me feel sick and l fear getting acid reflux. You can actually eat an apple though around 30 minutes before you go to bed and that is supposed to stop digestive problems and shockingly it does work. 😂❤❤

Drax is a massive power station in the north of England which dominates the tiny village of Drax

Eating doesn't make you tired? Fair, I'm 39 and just starting to understand why my dad used to nap on the sofa after a Sunday roast dinner when I was a kid

It's not just the pizza I can lie straight down afterwards it's the half bottle of J.D.that I had with it !

18:30 "Stand down. It's just a goose." LOL 2-)

A "Skullette". Never heard that one 'afore!

That "hello darlings" is such an English expression. Yeah, eating late will definitely give you acid reflux.

He shaved the skullet!

He’s great in concert go and see him if you can

I'm 100% with you on that. I just feel uncomfortable. I don't get how people can do it. That's why you don't eat before you go to bed. Naturally your body's busy digesting and it keeps you awake. 😂

Accidentally described yourself at the end there Mandy. Always brighten up the room - and fun whatever the content.🥸

19:00 The Mall is the road that leads straight to Buckingham Palace

phrase. If you say that someone or something has gone to seed or has run to seed, you mean that they have become much less attractive, healthy, or efficient

If the BBC reported I was dead I’d go down to their office dressed like a ghost. “Boooo woooo that photo you used was terrible. Boooo you got my age wrong too, you bastards…..wooooo….”

@BigyetiTechnologies

Ай бұрын

Hahaha

I tried learning Guitar during lockdown. I went from Bad to horrendously bad.

"Who doesn't love Bill Bailey?" Donny Tourrette, lead singer of punk band Towers of London. He appeared on Never Mind The Buzzcocks and called Bill the r word.

@Feisty-Steve

Ай бұрын

I remember that episode, they ripped Donny Tourrette to pieces 😄

@IceCenders

Ай бұрын

I had to google 'the r word'. Seriously, they called him that? He's so incredibly smart, his humor is so eloquent.

@FlyingFox86

Ай бұрын

@@Feisty-Steve I remember that too. Especial Simon Amstell took the piss out of him. I distinctly remember the line "hang on, Donny is smoking now?! What is he going to do next?!" He was trying so hard to look cool.

@ajivins1

Ай бұрын

Rascal?

@bigthecat100

Ай бұрын

"A cigarette! That you can legally buy in shops!!" ​@@FlyingFox86

14:56 Me too. Upper stomachs valve is the weakest and goes first so causing reflux up your (grasping for ,Film, Little Nicky quote 🤷‍♂️) tube. Threat of a Bomb by Buckingham Palace possibly ?

You still need to find one of his complete shows and watch that… He’s brilliant

Love this man so much

I'm absolutely with you Mandy, I can't stand to eat and go to bed with food in my stomach. I'll literally wait up until the food is gone from my stomach before I lie down.

I used to be able to eat then go straight to bed but I tend to get acid reflux now. I can sleep on the couch after a hefty meal though. If you don’t get sleepy after a meal then its not a big meal. Has to be a LARGE meal to get you sleepy and full of carbs as well probably.

He was near a Royal residence, basically he was stopped by the Secret Service. I'm not sure how long ago Bill's story was, but there have been quite a few security breaches at Royal residences over the years. Something similar happened to my brother in law, not involving a Goose. He was delivering something to Hereford in the UK and took a wrong turn down a country road. It's now fairly common knowledge but maybe not so much so at the time, but the SAS (Special Forces) have a base and train near Hereford. Basically he drove down this lane and suddenly 4 armed soldiers just appeared in front of him with guns trained on him.

No, you are not alone.

"that lady" with the amazing dress and jacket is the gorgeous Ms Darcey Bussell, former prima ballerina and continued Gwaptiva crush

There is nothing worse than going to bed on a full stomach! I'm with you Mandy!

The goose story happened outside Buckingham Palace. If you were acting suspiciously at night outside the White House, you'd have a few guns pointed at you. The guy at the end "Bernie" is Bernie Taupin. He wrote most of Elton Johns music, either on his own or with Elton.

The phrase is "Gone to seed " when a plant as finished flowering and produces seeds .The plant looks bit of a mess. have you seen any oof his stand up shows I believe there some on you tube .

Sorry Mandy but I am one of these people that can fall asleep when full of food. Growing up my mum would feed us like crazy (this reminds me you still have to watch Jen Brister talking about her Spanish mother) Are used to roll under the table flat on my stomach and fall asleep. I’d wake up with a cat curled up in the small of my back sleeping

A skullet a skullett wtf I’m dying 🤣🤣🤣

@rossshepherd9836

Ай бұрын

You've never heard that phrase before?

@alskjflah

Ай бұрын

@@rossshepherd9836 no, but I’m going to start using it.

Hi mandy. I had a similar experience to bill involving the police. When I was a security officer at oxford university we had some terrorists threats. Some of the more prominent buildings could've been targets and the boat houses were on the list. So, about 2am my partner and I were walking along the footpath of the Thames to check out said boat houses and it was really quiet when suddenly a guy jumped out of the bushes. My reflexes kicked in and I punched the guy hard on the nose, knocking him to the ground. We were suddenly confronted by 3 policemen who realised that we were security officers and they burst out laughing. I nearly shat myself. Although I'd given the policeman a bloody nose he shook my hand and said that it was way to embarrassing to report. On the next shift i went to my locker to find the name on the door had been changed to "J Chan". And weeks of pranks followed. ✌🏻❤🇬🇧

They were Royal Geese from Buckingham Palace.

Bill Bailey is one of the greats!

Yep, cannot lie down for at least 3 hours after eating. I sometimes fall asleep unintentionally on a chair after a meal, but never horizontally. Terrible reflux.

Have you seen Hot Fuzz (he is the town desk sergeant), Saving Grace (he is an inept dealer of illicit substances), Black Books (he was a sales assistant in the TV series)

@colingregory7464

Ай бұрын

Not sure but I think the lady is Darcey Bussel (former ballet dancer)

@colingregory7464

Ай бұрын

Gone to seed - Got Older

@colingregory7464

Ай бұрын

The story about leaving the Pub and getting into the 2CV quite fun !

The lady whose dress and jacket you admired is called Darcy Bussel, one time principal dancer with the royal ballet.

_'What is it, Di-ja-ri...?'_ _'Come on Mandy, you can do, Do, DO it!_

If you can find it Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide To The Orchestra is well worth a watch.

After the security guy said stand down, Bill and his wife took the goose to a nearby animal hospital. That is all we know, as they then went home, and Bill and the goose subsequently lost touch.

You're not alone. Me too. If wanting to stretch out I have to still sit up after having tea(dinner).

Bill is one of my spirit animals, second to John Candy. Imagine being Bill though, probably stoned, and somebody says you are dead.

19:04 Plain-clothed Protaction officers outside Buckingham Palace see someone pushing someone/something with a blanket over them into the back of a car, what did they think he was doing? Kidnapping someone maybe

I can NOT eat late at night, I don't sleep well

Bill Bailey could also play Theoden, King

Gone to seed refers to plants and crops that have outlived their usefulness so you harvest them for seed to grow the next generation. Do you lie down on your front, because that will bring the food back up? Do you eat sugary food / desserts, because that gives instant energy. Carb-heavy food takes longer to digest.

The Romans ate reclining on their side. I can't eat reclining or laying down. I also wake up when I eat, I never understood the getting tired from eating.

13:32 - Get that checked out with your doctor.

Queen Mandy.

Happy Thursday beautiful🤗

@emucat1

Ай бұрын

i'm 6 months off but thanks.

I've eaten upside down while in a dumpster. But that's economics for you.

Sounds like you might have a reflux issue, if food comes back up when you lie down. It's likely that the lower sphincter that closes off your stomach from your esophagus doesn't close properly. This is not an uncommon thing, so no need to feel alone. This can be surgically corrected. Not to frighten you, but it's something you should consider asking your doctor about, because untreated chronic reflux can potentially lead to esophageal cancer in the long run, and short term can cause a persistent cough.

Yes, no eating a meal well before bed. The goose story; he did say he was near Buckingham Palace, so may be Royal security.

I've gotta' get me a Mandola at some point

you should do reactions to bills travel shows they are on KZread (the Australia ones are great)

Eating and lying down eventually catches up with people. It's not a good idea. I can't do it anymore.

I call them Didgeri-don'ts 😂

"Gone to seed" means run down or worn out. And I'm with you - if I eat a meal, I daren't lie down afterwards! The goose story, you missed the very beginning - it was immediately outside Buckingham Palace. The secret service guards probably suspected terrorism. And you can't expect Bill Bailey to be on a show and not play some music! Have you seen any of his guide to the orchestra? Check out bassoon players and their love for the BeeGees... kzread.info/dash/bejne/fGWkl9yIfZyclpM.html

You should watch a show called “TV heaven telly hell”, it’s a show that Sean Lock hosted & he gets his comedian friends on to talk about their favourite and least favourite TV shows. The episode with Bill is particularly brilliant because they’ve clearly given Bill a lot of alcohol and cannabis before filming, it’s fucking hilarious!

i did also assume Dax was named after Jadzia Dax from DS9 lol. Something about Bill just says he likes star trek that much.

You ought to see 'Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra as well as 'Is it Bill Bailey?'-his comedy show.

"No good deed goes unpunished"

the brittish goose protection police are some of the toughest police units we have in the uk

Bernie wrote the songs and Elton John added the music

daz soap powder

Would love for you to react to his Cats Down compilation. x

Mandy, your stomach issue when lying down may be reflux. Just a theory, based on my own similar experience.

Eat then lie down ? Nooooo !

Yeah, can't eat before sleeping - I know I'm going to have a bad time of it (and it's nasty).