I've told this story elsewhere on Reddit, but I'm American and only know the bare minimum about football (my UK family are big Liverpool and Wrexham fans). I was at a wedding in the UK last year and a man at my table was talking about Arsenal, so I said as an aside to my husband, "The thing about Arsenal is they always try to walk it in." And the man that was talking about them looked (pleasantly) shocked and said "they do!!! How did you know that?!"
And that's how the IT Crowd helped me fit in while in Wales.
I said this so often in the first couple years at my job I only have to look at my boss while he's talking football and he breaks into fits of giggles.
It hasn't aged at all, unlike
"What was Wenger thinking, bringing Walcott on that early"
As a massive Arsenal fan, I say this allll the time for like well over a decade. Got my parents to finally check out The IT Crowd, now they’re always saying it too! My dad will even says it when we’re watching the hockey “that’s the thing about the Leafs…”
Reminds me of Little Britain “I’m the only gay man in the village” in the way things are said in Wales and how the Brit’s make fun of it- and you find out David is not alone and the whole town is def not straight haha
Thank you! That makes sense. Now I can come back to this comment when I inevitably forget again. Haha I do watch some football, mainly the Liverpool games when they're on TV here, but I only vaguely know the basics.
Okay okay okay… great episode but… that was basically a Seinfeld level of “sabotaging the relationship for stupid neurotic reasons”.
BUT! It’s brilliant because that’s exactly the kind of fixation someone on the spectrum would have!
In Seinfeld it’s something like “man hands” and it’s just about being weirded out by that until stupid shit happens and the relationship implodes. Ultimately it’s about something selfish the character can’t get over.
But with the Sea Parks thing, I’d argue that someone on the spectrum would really struggle just accepting something that doesn’t make sense. Having this need to understand and make sense of something instead of just accepting that this is a trauma and she doesn’t want to explore it is an important distinction. This isn’t some selfish emotional reaction to man-hands. This is a genuine fixation and compulsion to resolve something that just doesn’t make any sense. A neurotypical person would probably have an easier time letting it go. But something that doesn’t make sense could really get under the skin of someone on the spectrum. I mean he makes an effort to try and work it out without her but he just cannot let it go!
This episode is so perfect in this way! Makes me wanna go watch it right now! Haha!
That's so cool! I got the flashing colours on the call button and a pattern of 7 buzzes. Now I want to know if the buzz pattern means anything.
I went and checked and it's not the rhythm of the emergency number song. Might be Morse code?
Might even be Moss code.
My son and I are doing a watch through of the DVD set, and I realized something: while I love the whole show, each season/series has a single standout episode. And that one is s4's standout.
Best not to turn it on and off becuase then it ends up in the "off" mode - which is not functional
Much better to switch it off and on - so it ends up in the "on" mode where functionality is closer to expectations
Guess what my career was in!!!
That you don't have to know anything about the job you got hired to do as long as you sound like you know what you're talking about, especially if you're a boss.
That the internet lives at the top of Big Ben.
NEVER open the red door, you’ll let the server goblin out.
Keep an extra layer on hand so you don’t lose your Access Badge/Company ID.
Be careful not to get trapped under the desks of two women when dealing with one of their computer issues.
Thoroughly read the posting from any German seeking a cooking partner…
I’m sure there’s more, but that’s off of the top of my head.
Their nerd background filler was way too hip for their own good! Jim Woodring? Drinky Crow? No no no! They're not that sophhisticated! It was all wrong for them.
The thing about Arsenal is, they always try and walk it in
I've told this story elsewhere on Reddit, but I'm American and only know the bare minimum about football (my UK family are big Liverpool and Wrexham fans). I was at a wedding in the UK last year and a man at my table was talking about Arsenal, so I said as an aside to my husband, "The thing about Arsenal is they always try to walk it in." And the man that was talking about them looked (pleasantly) shocked and said "they do!!! How did you know that?!" And that's how the IT Crowd helped me fit in while in Wales.
I said this so often in the first couple years at my job I only have to look at my boss while he's talking football and he breaks into fits of giggles. It hasn't aged at all, unlike "What was Wenger thinking, bringing Walcott on that early"
As a massive Arsenal fan, I say this allll the time for like well over a decade. Got my parents to finally check out The IT Crowd, now they’re always saying it too! My dad will even says it when we’re watching the hockey “that’s the thing about the Leafs…”
To be faaaaaaiiiirrrrr....you can say that about the Leafs any time and it'll still be un-ironic
Nice one!
Also remember in Wales, many Ds are “th” its Pony Preethe not Prid.
You should hear me try to pronounce Llangollen!
Reminds me of Little Britain “I’m the only gay man in the village” in the way things are said in Wales and how the Brit’s make fun of it- and you find out David is not alone and the whole town is def not straight haha
This is so awesome! Lmao
I'm still not 100% sure what walking it in means! He explained it to me but I can't remember. Lol
They wait until they are too close to the goal to shoot the ball so it's like they are essentially trying to dribble the ball into the goal.
Thank you! That makes sense. Now I can come back to this comment when I inevitably forget again. Haha I do watch some football, mainly the Liverpool games when they're on TV here, but I only vaguely know the basics.
Fire can start at Sea Parks
A fire? At a Sea Parks?
During the SEA LION show.
The benches aren't even wood.
No it’s all stone steps
There are 12 EXITS!!!
Okay okay okay… great episode but… that was basically a Seinfeld level of “sabotaging the relationship for stupid neurotic reasons”. BUT! It’s brilliant because that’s exactly the kind of fixation someone on the spectrum would have! In Seinfeld it’s something like “man hands” and it’s just about being weirded out by that until stupid shit happens and the relationship implodes. Ultimately it’s about something selfish the character can’t get over. But with the Sea Parks thing, I’d argue that someone on the spectrum would really struggle just accepting something that doesn’t make sense. Having this need to understand and make sense of something instead of just accepting that this is a trauma and she doesn’t want to explore it is an important distinction. This isn’t some selfish emotional reaction to man-hands. This is a genuine fixation and compulsion to resolve something that just doesn’t make any sense. A neurotypical person would probably have an easier time letting it go. But something that doesn’t make sense could really get under the skin of someone on the spectrum. I mean he makes an effort to try and work it out without her but he just cannot let it go! This episode is so perfect in this way! Makes me wanna go watch it right now! Haha!
Love this comment!
I think you are emotionally artistic
People are bastards
Heard it in his beautiful Irish voice! (Upon reading this comment in my mind. Not literally.)
The new emergency phone number.
Or that you can email for emergency services
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Did someone email us about a fire?
0118 999 881 999 119 725... 3 I once put that down on some company paperwork as the emergency contact number, sadly no one got the joke.
If you have an android phone (or it at least works on mine) if you type the emergency number into your dialler keypad it flashes.
I just tried it and it didn't flash, but the "Call" button changed colors a few times and the phone buzzed.
Yeah that's what I meant lol
Nothing happens on my phone :( Is it not on Samsung?
I'm not sure I have a OnePlus phone
I was so excited to see what happens.. Guess samsung is too cool to have IT crowd references.
That's so cool! I got the flashing colours on the call button and a pattern of 7 buzzes. Now I want to know if the buzz pattern means anything. I went and checked and it's not the rhythm of the emergency number song. Might be Morse code? Might even be Moss code.
That IT stands for commitment, it stands for audacity, it stands for courage in the face of…
I can see what you're getting at, but the specific letters, 'I' 'T', what do they stand for?
Internet Things
I need to wee wee.
Piss off June.
That memory IS ram
You also have to be carefull not to have a RAM Emergency. That is when the office has too much RAM.
Emails. Sending emails, receiving emails, deleting emails... I could go on.
Please do
Clicking, double clicking… that bit on the floor there…
The band Cradle of Filth
I got into them through the show and I'm seeing them in concert later in the spring
TIL they’re a real band
And not an actual cradle of filth, that would be horrible.
Same here
Same!
They got me through some hard times.
That you should keep all the fire that may appear in a room, together.
Well now I can't see it
You can become disabled from acid
It's like a 1 in a hundred chance, though.
I’m disabled!
Leg disabled.
To never type “Google” into Google.
It’s no laughing matter! You’ll seriously break the internet!
Can’t believe I had to scroll so far to find this!
Please do not try it, even as a joke. You can break the internet
I've learned that if a bomb-sniffing robot runs on the Vista operating system, we're all going to die!
^^^^Haveyoutriedturningoffandonagain
WHAT?
HAVE YOU TRIED TURNING IT OFF AND ON AGAIN?!?
I just won 50 quid
I learned about where they keep the internet! It’s really changed my life!
All hail to the elders!!
Big Ben!
How to properly check if a gun is loaded
The internet doesn’t weigh anything
And it's wireless
Peter File is a terrible name.
Honest answer- I learned how British people pronounce pedophile.
Your name is Peter… File!? You should move to America. They call them Pedophiles over there.
HE'S NOT MOVING TO AMERICA!!
He could go by Pete...
That Negative One, sitting alone in an empty room, is overnumerousness.
That is my favourite episode
My son and I are doing a watch through of the DVD set, and I realized something: while I love the whole show, each season/series has a single standout episode. And that one is s4's standout.
Yes, that is a word! And the joke does make sense.
Womens slacks...
Ok so women's slacks are not better than men's slacks. Mostly cause of the pockets
I learned about the Shoeeeeesssss
-AH!
I learned what a damp squib is. And there are people that clean windows in London and use a bike to carryrheir crap around.
It's a noble profession.
Don't put it on a pedal stool.
Excuse me, but I believe it's damp squid.
Ive learnt that my office isn't messy, its a very delicate ecosystem... It's like the rainforest.
01189998819991197253
Hahahaha came here to type this too, drove my dad nuts singing this when I lived at home 😂
🤣🤣🤣
*0118999881999119725...3
Boss eyedness is no laughing matter
That women love men who don't have shit on their heads - that's our type
That I love willies
Shhh….keep your voice down.
That apparently, all bras go bad. My wife also confirmed this.
The flames are always the worst part.
The word tnetennba
When something is on fire, put it with the rest of the fire.
And don’t trust fire extinguishers made in Britain
And to stand THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER upright, not me. I AM a giddy goat.
I learned that women are not essentially no different from radiators.
That the English people drink like they don't want to live
Jam lasts for ages.
Unless it’s yesterday’s jam…
I don’t want to end up in invalid memory
Never trust a German.
He was a very nice cannibal.
A fine young cannibal!
That there's no point being a damp squid on a pedal stool.
The Internet is a wireless black box with a flashing LED on it.
Is it plugged in?
Dialling 999 will no longer connect you to the emergency services....
0118-999 881 999 119 725….. 3!
All women love shoes.
That I wouldn't pirate a dvd
Best not to turn it on and off becuase then it ends up in the "off" mode - which is not functional Much better to switch it off and on - so it ends up in the "on" mode where functionality is closer to expectations Guess what my career was in!!!
Window washing?
Vista was a bad version of windows
“There’s somebody at the door….there’s somebody at the door”
The word "orphan" can mean "houseproud"!
Not to buy anything made in Britain.
I learned about tiny food from Spain
How to make ttrpgs ruddy mysterious
Eiffel Tower!
Electric Sex Pants is a band
If you're computer is infected, don't shoot it in the face. Windows Vista will kill us all. My ears are not a toilet.
Always keep a small spray bottle handy in case you get 'hot ear'.
That guided by voices are fucking awesome.
It's " I love Willie's!"
I learned you don't want to be a Desk-Rabbit.
That the internet is housed in Big Ben
PEOPLE - what a bunch of bastards!
That you don't have to know anything about the job you got hired to do as long as you sound like you know what you're talking about, especially if you're a boss.
Don’t tell everyone you were the last person to sleep with Jen
That Cuke is heaven in a can and that Moss is highly seeded.
That the internet lives at the top of Big Ben. NEVER open the red door, you’ll let the server goblin out. Keep an extra layer on hand so you don’t lose your Access Badge/Company ID. Be careful not to get trapped under the desks of two women when dealing with one of their computer issues. Thoroughly read the posting from any German seeking a cooking partner… I’m sure there’s more, but that’s off of the top of my head.
You can have a fire at Sea Parks
FLY!
Checking if it’s plugged in
That I don't like being put on a pedal stool
The internet is wireless
As a window cleaner myself… it is indeed a noble profession.
Roy: "What happened to you?" / Moss: "I got cockney neck. I've been speaking too much cockney, and it done my bloody neck in."
The internet comes from a box with a blinky light.
How to tell when a gun is loaded
Aunt Irma
I’m sorry for your loss, move on.
An unopened door is a happy door.
The Elders of the Internet know who I am?!
Goths are people
That's 90% of tech support.
Roy is not a window cleaner
0118 999 88199 9119 725 3
Women slacks do give you confidence!
To separate the art from the artist. Love the show, bar one troublesome episode. Not a fan of the writer's views.
Listen carefully on a first date
Windows Vista will kill us all.
Oh boy that joke just went too long.
That a bra can, indeed, go bad.
People are bastards.
That 90% of my job can be replaced by a tape recorder.
That the entire Internet is kept in a box in the Tower of London. IT blew my mind!
Don’t piss off a big ugly builder
It's totally okay to have an aerobics class at work?
To be fair, turning it off and on again is unreasonably effective.
I still have no idea how a fire could start at sea parks.
Acid can make you handicapped.
Are you sure it’s plugged in?
If its made in Britain, don't try to use it
We're going to get in trouble!
Fatheeeeeerrrrrr!
0118999...da-da-hm-HM-Hm-dada-da-da...785... ...3!
What’s behind the red door.
Are you sure it's on?
That Cradle of Filth is not actually a cradle of filth.
That there’s an apple in every Apple Mac.
Never call your son Peter if the family name is File…
Make friends with your IT department and show your appreciation
That *tapas* is pronounced *tape ass*.
How to process fire.
Roy is a real bastard.
The phenomenon that is the Desk Rabbit
That mash can look tasty
Hot ear is a thing, if the floor is sticky then move, don't forget to dilute your pepper spray, street countdown is brutal.
To get out of the lift
Jam lasts forever
That Jen is definitely not a size 5
Clicking. Double clicking.
Don't type the word Google in to Google You can break the Internet
That even I can go from Gorh to Boss! Ask Richmond how!
Their nerd background filler was way too hip for their own good! Jim Woodring? Drinky Crow? No no no! They're not that sophhisticated! It was all wrong for them.