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Having grown up in both countries, the joke here is about colonialism more than American stupidity.
The British know everywhere spices, sugar and coffee come from innately
It's absolutely not.
What's Nicaragua got to do with British colonialism? It's about Americans being ignorant of other countries.
What's Nicaragua got to do with British colonialism?
Well, they did colonize Nicaragua for over 200 years.
*Edit: added link
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Nothing specifically, but they had a hot interest in the "Americas" for a whiiiile, as did all European countries
Edit, do a quick search lol
That's the biggest stretch in the world.
The joke is about education systems. If it was about British interest overseas he would have said something like "Yes, we are English. We take a lot of interest in far away lands".
I'm not saying he wouldn't make that joke, it's a normal enough joke for Brit to make. But he is certainly joking about quality in education in this case as he mentions it. You are just imagining the world as you want it to be, not seeing it for how it is.
Let's wait for the Brits to wake up and see what their view is.
Ok, none of this matters.
You're totally freaking out about a joke they got MILDLY turned around and it's a super cool look.
"Just wait until my friends get here"
To be clear:
most of America has shit geography because most Americans never go anywhere. (It's a big country, where most citizens don't need to leave to find work or make lives)
Most of Europe (including the UK) have a much better understanding of "the colonies" because it was a huge part of their history for longer than America was a country.
I lived in Surrey from age 5-18 so I think I have a passing, but shallow view of the situation.
Edit if you actually think Britain and Nicaragua have no colonial relationship, maybe learn your geography lol
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_settlement_in_Nicaragua
Of course none of this matters.
If you were making a joke then it was poorly constructed and I missed it. Pyrflie made the same joke but better and I laughed when I read that. Yours comes across as factually incorrect "acktually".
We seem to have a disagreement about what the joke is about and I'm willing to be proven wrong by Brits. That's all I'm saying. Short of Noel himself showing up other British people are going to know the meaning of the joke best. Until then I think you are misleading people.
Christ alive. Look jokes works because of peoples understanding of it. If you think English involvement in Nicaragua is common knowledge enough for a joke on colonialism then fucking hell you must think more of the education of the general public than me. As fair as I know American involvement in Nicaragua is way more common knowledge than English involvement there which breaks the joke.
But it is all meaningless anyway because the joke isn't about that.
This website is weird at times. Joke about American's education gets turned into a history of colonialism and the breakdown of a what makes a joke, a joke. I'm going to the pub.
The whole premise of the joke is the relative "common knowledge" of Nicaragua, or any other central/south American country. Be it to Americans or Europeans
Im not competing with any other commenter, or anyone else. It's just a fuckin life experience.
Don't make jokes if you can't take jokes
Edit further if living in the UK for a decade across the "formative" years where geography is taught doesn't count, then I'm not sure where the lesson about countries lands.
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Can we agree on a bit of both?
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The joke is that America Bad, and you're ruining it by bringing England Bad into it. What are you, some kind of shill for America? How much is Big America paying you, bro?
Big America pays everyone(except our employees)!
I love Noel Fielding
Noel has no chill
While I do like him as a comedian, there are some stories about his time spent with barely of age girls and his time with Russell Brand that make him less likeable.
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This has little to do with American vs British schooling and a lot more to do with the specific people involved. The UK has lots of comedians dumber than Noel and the US has plenty smarter than Chelsea
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Wow, Richmond looks so joyful there.
He went from goth to boss
Is she a right wing personality? Not remembering much about Nicaragua is a serious career booster in those quarters. They should have had Oliver North on the show. No one doesn't remember more about Nicaragua than him.
...no one is going to get this one.
Oh I got it, but then, I wasn’t schooled in America
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As someone totally ignorant about a lot of pop culture, who is that lady?
Chelsea Handler
She's a football manager?
Thank you. I still didn't know who she was, but I looked her up. She's clearly ignorant, but it seems like her heart is in the right place.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Handler#Political_views
I consider myself ignorant of only about 2/3rds of pop culture and I still have no idea who any of these people are.
The two at the bottom are British comedians Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt, most famous for a very weird, partially-improvised show called The Mighty Boosh, which has quite a cult following. But I have no idea who the lady is.
Isn't the left one the goth guy from IT Crowd?
Yes. He also is one of the current hosts of The Great British Bake-Off.
Best part of the show imo. His stints on 8/10 cats are also top tier
There's nothing I don't like about bake-off. I hate reality shows because everyone is mean to each other... except bake-off, where everyone's friendly and nice and encouraging. It's so refreshing to see.
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As an American, I get surprised by US states. Like, wtf, you telling me Arkansas is a state? You mean there's a NEW Mexico? Rhode Island?
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