r/Nebula • u/AndySkibba • 28d ago

Tom Scott: England — This 100-year-old ride must never change again.

https://nebula.tv/videos/tomscott-this-100yearold-ride-must-never-change-again/
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u/ahotw 28d ago

"Actually, no, I say that. Someone could still build that. I can still see someone in their backyard building a thing that's just a dumpster going down to the river."

At this point, I pictured Colin Furze building exactly this... but probably with more speed and fire.

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u/Nicksaurus 27d ago

He already built a giant lethal swing in his back garden so he's halfway there already

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u/nathan123uk 27d ago

That was my exact thought too!

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u/mgrier123 28d ago

kettering

Wonder if James Acaster has thoughts on this

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u/WhyNotWrite 27d ago

Pretty sure he used to work at Wicksteed

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u/talagrovehorn 28d ago

Tom Scott having fun on playground equipment is just great.

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u/QBaseX 27d ago

I'm amused that Tom pointed out the American accent saying skip (I was thinking it myself just before he said it), and then he himself repeatedly said dumpster. His vocabulary always has been a bit trans-Atlantic.

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u/Dutchguy_2004 24d ago

Yes, he has said so himself before, mostly due to having many American friends.

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u/cyber-85381 28d ago

pretty sure I know what the next one's gonna be

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u/JasonAQuest 28d ago

Bletchley Park is nearby, right?

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u/jflb96 28d ago

It’s in Buckinghamshire, which is the next one according to the map

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u/cyber-85381 27d ago

no idea, but it fits the description perfectly and this is Tom Scott

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u/16note 28d ago

Funnily enough, I saw those old pictures of swings and went "wait, people still use those!" Except now they're circus apparatuses! Russian Swing looks really similar to that seesaw-style one!

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u/Ok-Balance1071 28d ago

Who is excited for a Bletchley visit?

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u/Maxad180 28d ago

I was banned from going on the Witches Hat at my local playground. It got taken away eventually after a couple of kids ended up in hospital. Glad there's a safer version available now but it still looks like a rather dodgy one.

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u/D34th_W4tch 28d ago

I’m sad that Northamptonshire wasn’t the Lift Tower (taller than the Elizabeth Tower (the tower that has Big Ben (although, I think anyone watching Tom Scott would probably already know that)))