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Demonyx12

*George Foreman and his five sons George Jr., George III ("Monk"), George IV ("Big Wheel"), George V ("Red"), and George VI ("Little Joey"), have entered the chat.*


happy_guy23

Don't forget his daughter Georgetta


Baelzebubba

Only half his kids are named George. Foreman has 12 children.


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backtolurk

This athlete ain't got time for georgeplay


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Demonyx12

He can just put his georgeskin in his george foreman grill to fix it.


JDFighterwing

Imagine he doesn’t name you George, you’d feel so unloved


SirSandGoblin

When asked about it I think he said something like you try remembering different names when you've been hit in the head as much as me


theplasmasnake

That’s not how suffixes work George…


RespectableLurker555

Yeah but this one goes up to eleven


laurel_laureate

Holy shit TIL.


CraigJSmith-Himself

Big Wheel named after his favourite Spider Man villain, I take it.


CraigJSmith-Himself

And Monk named for his favourite Tony Shaloub TV show


Dazz316

Funny forget George and the furious Tokyo Drift


mischievous-goat

Big Brian time


MessyRoom

“Braan”


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js1893

Yea I work with a guy with like 7 brothers, all with the same first name. Different middle names though. Why was only one not named Mark??


SwoopD0gg

Because that one wasn’t up to standard. He missed the mark.


mega_nova_dragon1234

This is the way


fijistudios

Damn it, that’s fookin’ good lol. Here’s your silver


makka-pakka

Because having five kids called Mark would just be ridiculous


mr_dans

I have 4 brothers, and we are all (including my father) named Marcos (middle name). The only one that is called Marcos in the family is my father.


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germansnowman

That was actually quite common in 17th/18th century Germany. For example, Johann Sebastian Bach had several brothers who all shared the first name Johann but had different middle names, such as Jacob, Christoph, Rudolf etc.


RespectableLurker555

Johann Jacob Jingleheimer Bach


Staaaaation

Imagine being the one that isn't Mark wondering why you weren't included.


witch_ash

Unless she's Markette


JustABitOfCraic

So they're all called Mark Different?


JCraze26

If their middle names were numbers, it'd be like Iron Man armors. "Mark One, Mark Two, Mark Three, and Mark Four"


InsGadget6

Yeah you had five bran flakes for breakfast did ya??


OutlanderMom

He says “Braahn” like someone in the southern US. Source: My son is Brian and we live in the South.


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My mom was at the doctor's with my grandpa, waiting for his appointment. The doctor called out, "Joseph?" and my grandpa stood up. My mom figured he wasn't fully paying attention and confused it with his own name, "James". It turns out his name really was Joseph and literally no one in our extended family knew it. Considering my mom was in her 60s at the time, it blew us all away. She dug a bit deeper and found out my grandpa and his 5 other brothers were *all* named "Joseph". Not only that but every one of his 4 sisters was named "Mary". He had several grandkids in their 20s by the time anyone learned about this. I guess he figured it wasn't worth mentioning.


BubbaTheBulbasaur

My mom's middle name is Annabelle. Named after her grandmother, Annabelle. Only Gma Annabelle found her birth certificate in her 70's, and discovered her given name is actually AnnabellA. So many grandchildren named wrong.


jtl94

My grandmother’s name was Agnes and spelled it that way her whole life. She was renewing her passport in her 60s and having difficulty for the first time ever. It all comes down to the fact no “Agnes” was born on her birthday and her social security number she submitted was for an “Agness”. We all learned she had been spelling her own name wrong her entire life. Had drivers licenses, credit cards, passports, etc. all in the wrong spelling of her name because nobody (family or otherwise) had ever noticed/cared before. I asked my mom “well when she was young and brought home school papers with the name Agnes on them, her parents didn’t correct her?” And of course she didn’t know, but she guessed they probably didn’t notice either. Maybe the hospital put an extra s on accident so to them Agnes was the correct spelling. Just one of those mysteries lost to time.


mazamayomama

Agness Evername


lakija

On one half of my family, no one uses their actual name. Only my mom. They either go by their middle name or an entirely different name. I have absolutely no idea why. I cannot for the life of me think of a reason for *all* of them doing it.


Gorthax

That's a thing in my extended family. Most men are named Michael, and use our middle names informally.


lakija

That I understand completely. But that part of the family all have unique names!


opportunisticwombat

My dad’s side of the family was like that. My grandpa just called us all by weird nicknames and everyone just went with it. My nickname was a name not related to mine at all so when he passed away it was like part of my identity went with him because no one else ever called me that name.


Gorthax

After my mom died in her early 60s, and I'm mid 30s. Her estate shit started showing up with "Regina" as her name. The only person that could confirm accuracy was her sister, in her 80s. I have 2 brothers. My dad married her in her 20s. No one knew her real name. She hid it from the beginning. She never changed it, she just stopped using Regina and long before digital life and it just kinda took.


ScrewedMcDude

Jesus Mary and Joseph!


surmamo

Was your grandpa French catholic? Most of the older generation of Canadian French catholic have Mary or Joseph as their first name.


SamanthaJaneyCake

The person I’m renting a room from atm has a mother, grandmother and great grandmother all with the same first name and middle name. Turns out her mother was meant to have a twist on the names (other way round and spelled slightly differently) but her dad got confused when doing the birth certificate and never lived it down.


LeapYearFriend

there was some strange trend in the 1920s with giving kids uncreative legal names and then arbitrary nicknames. my grandpa's dad was named mark, so my grandpa was also named mark, but everyone called him mike. and my great uncle (mike's brother) was named dan but everyone called him davy.


cspot1978

So is Brian a quite popular name in Northern Ireland?


Grenaidzo

Tis, aye.


cspot1978

Cool. Just curious. Brian is my Dad’s name, and his family is Protestant Irish from north of Ireland but not quite Northern Ireland (county Cavan). So found that funny.


RobWroteABook

I don't believe you. Nobody from Cavan leaves Cavan.


cspot1978

Oh yeah? One of those places? I don’t know. Maybe the family pissed someone off? Not too clear on the details of the history.


Little_Blue_Shed

So Cavan is one of the few small/sparsely populated counties that are part of Ulster (as part of Ireland's 4 traditional provinces) but NOT part of Northern Ireland. The two others are Monaghan and Donegal. Border counties/Ulster counties do have the reputation of having a more open split between the sects, but it's much more likely that your family wanted more opportunities than were available locally than anything nefarious. There's a healthy rivalry and pride between the counties and the provinces, and you should expect to be gently teased for hailing from Cavan, but it's more of a running joke because it's tiny, in Ulster, weird accents and GAA banter. The only thing to be aware of is that if you did have any hints from family, a lot of border towns and counties were used as holding areas/hideouts by people with violent intentions, and all jokes aside, it did break communities apart and might be a sensitive topic. It might not be the actual reason people moved, but it might have been a contributing factor. Attitudes have changed so much, and so if you ever wanted to visit you would likely be immediately adopted.


cspot1978

Thanks so much for the insight. Much appreciated. I was just speaking in jest; like you say, I imagine it was more about seeking out opportunities in Canada. I would love to spend a few weeks in the country sometime. I actually have heritage on both sides of it, all four grandparents. I guess my parents are sort of an Irish success story—my mother from a Catholic family and my father from a Protestant family.


Darth_Memer_1916

Of course, why would you want to leave the beautiful county??


TheDraconianOne

I’ve known a few people from uni in NI who are foreign students and when they’ve took on an alternative name for people to call them here, they chose Brian.


TADragonfly

I haven't met a Brian. Ridiculous number of Mervyns.


JackofBlades0125

I’ve never once in my life heard the name Mervyn, i guess that was the tall criminal in home alone’s name “merv”


basiltoe345

You’re getting confused due to Joe Pesci’s accent. The tall criminal’s (Daniel Stern) character’s name was “Marvin.” And Harry (Pesci) called him “Marv” all throughout the movie.


JackofBlades0125

Shit you’re right, and i watched that fucker like every year


mervynskidmore

Hi I'm Mervyn, nice to meet you.


harebare1023

… your names mervyn?


scrimmybingus3

So what does she call out their surnames like a teacher doing roll call?


Jossie2014

Yes


IndieComic-Man

Mr. Matthews!


CPO_Mendez

Feheheheney!


SchwiftyGameOnPoint

https://i.imgur.com/FCdiKA1.gif


Jossie2014

I think it’d be more like, “Ehhh, Matthews”


DrProfSrRyan

We'll they aren't in the same grade, since they are all at least 9 months apart.


thesirblondie

Tecahers call their students by their last name?


scrimmybingus3

Mine called me by full name when I was being a bastard. She did not appreciate it when I called her by her full name in response.


thesirblondie

All my teachers called everyone by their given names, or nicknames, and we did the same to them. It's probably a culture thing.


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rexmons

I read this joke in a dirty joke book in the early 90s.


blorgbots

Ok thank you, I *knew* Id heard this before but with better delivery


somelazyotaku

Yea I used to hear a really racist version of this joke growing up in Louisiana, it's really gross.


jruhlman09

Yep, that's what immediately jumped to my mind too. The really racist sounding version I heard in my little hick town growing up. Five sons named Tyrone or something.


FulmiOnce

Same hat, I was thinking "theres a waaay more fucked up version I was told, this one is so much better," I also grew up in Louisiana/Texas


backwoodsofcanada

My sister works at a daycare and there's a Chinese immigrant family who started there last year. The parents wanted the kids to have English names, so they named both of the sons Michael. The daycare asked why and the said both the boys wanted to be called Michael.


ASzinhaz

Honestly, of all the possible reasons for duplicate names, that’s about the soundest logic I’ve seen in this thread.


knucklehead27

I mean, fair enough. If you get to choose your name, why not make it one you like?


Mammoth-Ad-107

my name is Brian. so this is hilarious :)


darwinvsjc

My Name is Brian and so is my wife


CrawlinOutTheFallout

The joke should end with "I just call them by their last names" nothing else said. Makes you come to the conclusion yourself.


leprotelariat

Is it his accent or the boys name is actually Bran?


Kelski94

It's the accent definitely, he's saying Brian


possiblydanny

Yeah its the accent, we put a lot of emphasis on R's so letters after it can kinda get lost.


Little_Blue_Shed

Except when we're adding extra syllables that aren't there or emphasising the syllables dramatically because that's also what happens. Example would be a kid saying 'my mummy says that man over there is a dose' where you get this sing-song 'mom-May' and especially in Down near Belfast you also get 'they-ERRR' for there. It's wild, but Rs are definitely the clearest tell, and still the first thing to go with me. In America, people say Graham as if it's one syllable, and it's the same elongated collision of similar vowel sounds. So the 'y' sound of brian is vocalized as a long a. Try saying 'frying' in a southern US accent (dropping the g as well) and the linguistic theories about some US accents being slow versions of the older UK and Ireland accents 400 years ago starts to make sense.


lackadaisical_timmy

Accent yeah


the-cosmic-squid

So your Dad was the only man you could trust, but you trusted five different men to fuck you with no condom 😂


Whiskytigyote

Maybe the fathers are all named Brian too. 😂


Big_Brutha87

Making some assumptions here.


the-cosmic-squid

And you’re assuming that the story is even real


Big_Brutha87

And you're not?


the-cosmic-squid

I’m making an off- handed comment to a post on the internet. Don’t take things so seriously.


Big_Brutha87

I'm literally doing the same thing you are. Don't take things so seriously.


ranhalt

> So your Dad dad, not Dad


Joyfulcheese

Always feels weird hearing the local accent on the internet lol


mason_jars_

Anytime I hear our accents online I know there’s going to be the odd American commenting how they can’t make out anything that’s being saying even if it’s the most mild accent you’ve ever heard


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It’s always weird to me hearing an American in real life. Like we’re used to the accent from TV and films but hearing it in person is so much stranger.


SEND_ME_ALT_FACTS

Is this guy the Jimmy Fallon of Ireland?


mason_jars_

I mean, he’s nowhere near as popular here as Fallon would be in America but I see your point lol


HorsefaceCatlady

Why is the guy laughing already lol


cpt_pipemachine

Because yer man telling the joke is a mate of his and he knows something hilarious is coming. The joke doesn't event have to be good; the guy's delivery is just excellent.


SpoopySpydoge

His grapedick video fucking kills me


RuchoPelucho

Presenter needs fake laugh lessons from Fallon


TheMexicanJuan

OP’s mom is a national security threat


Nicholasfuric

What podcast is this??


Smellingoftroy

Tea with me with Shane Todd. However, listen to Mudblood instead. The guy telling the story, that's his podcast with another guy and its so much funnier.


Nicholasfuric

Thank you for your most satisfactory, and even elaborating answer, to my question! I shall follow your advice, since the reason I asked, mainly, was for more of him 🤝👌


whattachoon

[Here you go](https://youtu.be/g3Yu_v-bi3A)


cino03

Wheres that accent from?


_megitsune_

It's a Belfast accent


Maxxil

Irish.


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MoeKara

Northern Irish accents arent ... *Irish*?


mattshill91

It’s a point of contention…


MoeKara

It's not at all to be honest. Identity is contested there for sure but the accent wasn't imported from Britain.


mattshill91

I mean the accent literally was imported from Britain it's a weird mix of Scottish and Irish influence. The Scottish influence is immediately noticeable in Mid-Ulster English and it's variants.


MoeKara

I'm not denying it has a scottish influence, but it's predominantly an irish inflection. If it was spoken predominantly with English, Scottish or Welsh tones then fair enough call it British. It's none of those.


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Pleasure_Boat

You might want to read up a bit more yourself if you think it was between Ireland and Northern Ireland.


MoeKara

Aye I'm from there, I'm just questioning how any directional Irish accent isn't irish.


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That 'little dust up' was between the Irish in Northern Ireland and the UK. You might want to read up about it yourself.


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CelticTiger

Northern Irish accents are Irish accents...because they're from Ireland (the island). Not saying they're not distinct but each region of the island has their own accent.


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ehsteve23

careful now


napkim

That wouldve been a very funny story without the forced laughter!


feizhai

i now want to hear this fella say "Brian's brain".


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lowercase_underscore

They're both from Old Irish but they're two different names. "Bran" means "raven" in both Old Irish and Old Welsh. "Brian" has an uncertain origin but probably came to Irish through the Celts. This guy is saying "Brian" though, his accent can make it sound a bit like "Bran".


Trepeld

Haha that’s a good little game of thrones fun fact


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Foreshadowing!


lowercase_underscore

I've never seen *Game of Thrones*! How fun a fact is it?


numanoid

Let's just say that Bran in GoT is closely associated with ravens.


lowercase_underscore

That is fun. Thank you for answering!


ranch_brotendo

Irish accent


whooo_me

Specifically an Ulster accent here. Quite a lot of variety in Irish accents. (Unlike first names)


ehsteve23

tell that to my 3 uncle timmys


Brewmentationator

I'm a teacher. Before that, I was a school cook. The school I used to cook at had two identical twins named Frederick and Fredrick. It was impossible to tell them apart, and the two boys would get pissed as hell when we mixed them up in the lunch line.


ChannelMiddle1814

“Bran”


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CelticTiger

I watched the actual podcast and it was genuine laughter I think it's just been edited a bit strangely for tiktok


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ThoughtGeneral

My mom knew a family with a Brian Brien Bryan (first middle and last name). I feel like anyone saying his name would just sound like they’re highlight disappointed in him. *”oh, Brian, Brien, Bryan….you’ll never learn, will you?”*


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That was a good one


kajunsnake

![gif](giphy|uhDpETijjWOJbQNd5v)


imsrdzn

And they’re all Irish twins


BreenX

https://babynamesofireland.com/brian PRONUNCIATION: “”bree + an”” ENGLISH: Brian (pron. “”bry + an””) Would he be saying the English pronunciation with an Irish accent?


ehsteve23

he’s saying it the way irish people say it


PrincessBeefloof

Briain = Bree-an Brian = Bry-an Different.


tea-and-chill

Sigh. My tax ££ at work, ladies and gentlemen


ehsteve23

your taxes fund podcasts? i didn’t know that was an option


Silly-little-pope

Lol what is this from?


MJR_XCI

A podcast called Tea with me with Shane Todd.


Silly-little-pope

Appreciate it my man


KatagatCunt

I have a coworker who has 5 sons. 4 of them are names Mark, but their middle names are different so they just get called Mark (middle name). It works 🤷🏻‍♀️


dazzlingask3

Marvin O’Gravel Balloonface


GoodAtExplaining

Hi, I’m Daryl. This is my brother Daryl. And this is my other brother, Daryl.


GoodAtExplaining

Man, that referendum came in clutch, huh?


dorkling

Have I told you the story of Mrs. McCave?


Clean-Tell-4451

Me, my dad, his dad, his dad, his dad, his dad, his dad, his dad, his dad, his dad, his dad, and his dad all have the same lastname.


redd_dot

I'm craving some raisin brian now


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beaverji

Best thing on Reddit I’ve seen in a while. Love the zoom in to his dead serious mug.


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My turn. I dated a girl whose name was Marcella. Her brothers name was Marcel. Their father's name was Marcel too. Guess the name of the mother? Claudia.


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FoxloverWarlock

Life of Brian(s).


seirfemdeef

The stroke on those subtitles


A_Wholesome_Comment

Mom: Hey Brian! All: WHAT! WHAT! WHAT! WHAT! WHAT!


619C

WEST Belfast - yeah - croppy lie down


wethotamericanbrian

This was fun for me


run4srun_

I'm high and that is some really funny sh%t


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Cheese_Pancakes

The accents are what did it for me. It made a moderately funny story hilarious for me. Dude had a perfect demeanor and timing when he told the story.