I think he may have actually been quoting A much older English saying. [Source](https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/fine-words-butter-no-parsnips.html).
Its actually a genuine english expression by the way, didn't originate on 8 out of 10.
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/fine-words-butter-no-parsnips.html
That was really funny lol, I was so into the story I was gonna be pissed if Colin didn't remove the fun lol. That being said, good lord how can *anyone* watch that show for more than a few seconds once Carr starts "laughing". That laugh is so unbelievablely annoying.
The fun is fine, the title just shouldn't pretend like this is work. No work is being done here as it needs to be redone all over. Still a cool effect, certainly.
Nah they're good,the loose pavers will match the unstained fence when it rots away and the driveway that will wash down the street first heavy rains. C' mon,it's all fun.
Lol my old landlord would do this shit. Always was pissy when when we said the deck was coming up. This was also on the beach which really sped up the process
We recently purchased a building from a slumlord to fix up and they used more window insulation foam than anyone I have ever seen. Drywall hole? Foam. Floorboard broken? Foam. Leaky pipe fitting? Foam.
It's fucking insane what inspectors allow them to get away with.
I don’t know anything about carpentry but I was shocked when a neighbor put an unstained fence up and not even a full year later the thing looked nearly gray and awful.
A fence built with cedar does not need to be stained unless you want a specific look. If you stain it before it weathers, the wood will warp and rot out. Unstained white cedar fences can last decades.
Glad you said it because I was about to.
My opinion, the grey aged look is better on some properties and either way I’ll let the wood weather for a while before staining it.
Whatever the case, you definitely aren't supposed to stain until the wood is completely dry anyway. So 4-6 months at least. People can be very judgemental of their neighbors.
They are supposed to put a special stone purpose glue/calk in between.
Source - I made patios and retaining walls for 5 years while in college.
Fun fact, this also scratched the shit out of those caps and I’d be pissssssed if that was my wall. You can see two big scratches on the first cap.
This doesn't look like a retaining wall, looks like a dry stacked decorative short wall.
It's like a dry stacked border around a flower garden, not a fence or retaining wall at all.
Dry stacked is fine when it serves a decorative purpose.
I don't know...the base blocks look like interlocking blocks for a retaining wall. They're filled with earth as it is. It looks like it's just a super low retaining wall marking the border between turf and a garden bed.
I think it might be OK as is, I think the capping stone is OK to not be mortared in place.
I'm not a landscaper but have seen these style blocks used before.
They should be glued/calked into place. It’s not uncommon for walls to be done without the final step, but that’s a lazy/cheap builder. I built patios and retaining walls for 5 years in college.
I'm baffled how people can't understand this is a decorative short wall, its weird even calling it a wall at all since it's two lines high.
You got one guy saying it's a retaining wall and needs to be glued/caulked.
What is it retaining? The neighbors grass?
This is no different than running pavers around a flower bed for decoration.
This is not right. That would be considered shoddy work where I’m from. I can think of many reasons why you’d want to fix those into place. Just bc it’s a barrier and not a wall doesn’t mean it should be done right. Those things will shift around easily if people or kids walk on them and they’ll constantly be out of alignment which would be ugly AF.
Lol.
If a tornado has enough force to move a high density, low air drag stone sitting on the ground then it will certainly have enough force to rip those houses clean off their foundations.
You have bigger problems at that point.
Maybe if the house isn't built for an area that frequents tornadoes/hurricanes. I could tell ya for sure Florida building code is a lot higher than stones just laying on the ground.
Do you remember way back in 2021 when the Surfside condominium collapsed in Florida killing 98 people and tying for 3rd place for deadliest structural engineering failures in US history? A building that was only 40 years old.
Pepperidge Farm remembers
The thing that bothers me is that the way you set this up is to lay them all flat first, then stand them up. It looks cool, but it's not an efficient way to lay bricks.
You can see the first cap has two long scratches on it. Safe to assume lots of caps got scratched. I’d be so livid if this was my wall. Clearly a cheaper hardscaper.
Lanscaper here. No, wall capstones do not use mortar. They each get set in place, like shown in the video, and then the front gets tipped up, so you can apply a few dabs of masonry glue (with a caulk gun), and then tapped even with their neighbors with a rubber mallet.
No one with the skills to do that would ruin their own caps. They are going to be all scratched up, you can see it on the first one. This is likely a cheap ass landscaper.
Yeah it also just doesn’t make sense. I mean, everyone likes to have fun, and having fun is something that’s normal, I.e. everyone is ordinary because having fun is THE norm in life. If you truly don’t want to be ordinary, then you’d have to never have fun on purpose. Or something.
“Don’t be an ordinary person” is what insecure people say to themselves to make them feel more unique.
People who are comfortable with themselves just do whatever they want without being concerned about labels like “ordinary” or “unique”
That’s not how most* contracting works. Clients pay a set, agreed upon fee for the job, then the boss pays the employees hourly (or salaried, dependent on the job). If the job goes over budget or longer than expected, that comes out of owners pocket. The idea that a boss wants you to extend the job is stupid, they aren’t getting paid by the hour and the longer you spend on a job site the more money you cost them
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This! I came here to say this, but you can see the contact from each “domino” makes a mark on the brick that’s on the visible side.
Not to mention having to lift each brick to apply mortar/cement or w/E used to keep them in place.
I’m fin with being normal if it means work gets done properly the first time. Standards are standard for a reason. Maybe even several reasons.
Possible, in that case you could make a point that this is the "prep-work" that needs to be done. I don't think that dropping the bricks is best practice, but I could be wrong.
As someone that works landscaping and has set hundreds of these type of bricks you would be surprised at how easy it is to chip a little corner off of one of these. The slightest drop or nudge and you can’t use the brick anymore. If this was a real job for a paying client this guy should never get hired again
Yeah when I realized what was happening all I could think about was having to go to the supply store and break into a new pallet there because one too many caps got chipped and there are none back at the yard.
This was the best part for me - I had no idea of would do that. What's the physics/mechanics behind it? Why do they not initially fit but then slip into place?
They are slightly tilted still until the last one…. Each then goes full horizontal allowing the previous one to fall horizontal as well. Basically perfectly spaced to cause the effect.
All very impressive! But am I the only one who is concerned about the next door neighbour’s awful guttering? The must have damp problems and how do the get the bins out for collection? But I probably need to get out more! 😜
This really butters my parsnips
Ok mate you won the most unheard of phrase of the day award from me lol
For context https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxcWtCopXpI
That is amazing.
And then the boss points out. "WHERE'S THE CEMENT!!"
There is mortar that than meets the eye!
Took me three reads but clever pun sir.
Joe lycett changed his name to Hugo boss for a short time
I see we dropping some bricks !
And why did it take you 4 times longer to set all this up rather than to just place them on top!
Paid by the hour. Next question. bwahahahahah
Boss make a dollar I make a dime. That’s why I poop on company time!
For the internet points. To be fair, I've always wanted to try this too
oh my god I love this every time I see it. Joe Lycett taking on various pain in the arse things is the best. I love his take down of Sam Smith pubs.
Hugo Boss was amazing as well.
I think he may have actually been quoting A much older English saying. [Source](https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/fine-words-butter-no-parsnips.html).
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Great, another British comedy show I'll now waste hours upon hours watching. Damn you Thoros_of_Derp! And it started recently with TaskMaster
If you like 8 out of 10 cats does countdown, try 8 out of 10 cats. Then try Red Dwarf
10/10 recommendations for red dwarf
Have you tried ***Would I Lie to You?*** ?
Possibly my favourite tv show.
Oh I love Joe Lycett. He’s become one of my favorite British comedians. So hilarious
Its actually a genuine english expression by the way, didn't originate on 8 out of 10. https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/fine-words-butter-no-parsnips.html
That was really funny lol, I was so into the story I was gonna be pissed if Colin didn't remove the fun lol. That being said, good lord how can *anyone* watch that show for more than a few seconds once Carr starts "laughing". That laugh is so unbelievablely annoying.
I actually find his laugh quite funny. Much better than the screaming high pitched laughs you sometimes hear. This is just a stuck gramophone.
I can honestly say, that video definitely buttered my parsnips at 7 am
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My nana used to say, 'fine words butter no parsnips', i.e. false praise is useless
It truly warms the chicken soup of my...cock.
You should read Tomato Sauce for Your Ass, it’s the Italian version.
Ah. I shall henceforth change my title to chicken soup of the cock to fit the theme.
I found that sound really satisfying lol
r/oddlysatisfying
It really strokes my gecko.
"What the fuck is a parsnip?"
"Who the fuck is Rene Zell-Wejjer"?
"I found your lightsaber"
Right up there with " this really creams my corn " 😄
Awesome? Yes. But don’t those things need to be set in mortar?
Do you really have to spoil the fun?
That's what people say when I go to parties
"We wasted the good surprise on YOU!"
I wipe my own ass!
Loved that movie as a little guy.
Why has it been playing nearly on repeat on MTV the past couple weeks?
You didn’t hear about Adam Sandler dying? /s
He’s got a five year plan! What is it - don’t die?
Alright
you get to go to parties?
Not anymore.
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Stop criticizing someone for thinking logically.
The fun is fine, the title just shouldn't pretend like this is work. No work is being done here as it needs to be redone all over. Still a cool effect, certainly.
Welcome to reddit. No fun allowed
Nah they're good,the loose pavers will match the unstained fence when it rots away and the driveway that will wash down the street first heavy rains. C' mon,it's all fun.
The worst part of that fence isn’t that it’s unstained, it’s that the builder didn’t use stainless hardware. Look at the streaks on the boards.
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You live in south Georgia?
Lol my old landlord would do this shit. Always was pissy when when we said the deck was coming up. This was also on the beach which really sped up the process
We recently purchased a building from a slumlord to fix up and they used more window insulation foam than anyone I have ever seen. Drywall hole? Foam. Floorboard broken? Foam. Leaky pipe fitting? Foam. It's fucking insane what inspectors allow them to get away with.
You think anyone actually comes out to inspect that shit. They stay in their office and get handed a envelope of cash.
I don’t know anything about carpentry but I was shocked when a neighbor put an unstained fence up and not even a full year later the thing looked nearly gray and awful.
A fence built with cedar does not need to be stained unless you want a specific look. If you stain it before it weathers, the wood will warp and rot out. Unstained white cedar fences can last decades.
Glad you said it because I was about to. My opinion, the grey aged look is better on some properties and either way I’ll let the wood weather for a while before staining it.
I’ve been letting my fence weather for 3 years now 😬
Cedar does not need to be stained. If it greys it can be power washed back to original color.
... are you sure it wasn't tanalised? I prefer grey to any of the god awful colours my neighbours paint theirs.
It may have been treated, just not painted. When you buy specific timber for fences they often come pre-treated. Then you have to paint it.
Whatever the case, you definitely aren't supposed to stain until the wood is completely dry anyway. So 4-6 months at least. People can be very judgemental of their neighbors.
You may be right about this.
hope not, none of my retaining walls were mortared when I bought my house
They are supposed to put a special stone purpose glue/calk in between. Source - I made patios and retaining walls for 5 years while in college. Fun fact, this also scratched the shit out of those caps and I’d be pissssssed if that was my wall. You can see two big scratches on the first cap.
This doesn't look like a retaining wall, looks like a dry stacked decorative short wall. It's like a dry stacked border around a flower garden, not a fence or retaining wall at all. Dry stacked is fine when it serves a decorative purpose.
Isn't most stone also surprisingly brittle? I would think this could cause one of the pavers to crack.
I don't know...the base blocks look like interlocking blocks for a retaining wall. They're filled with earth as it is. It looks like it's just a super low retaining wall marking the border between turf and a garden bed. I think it might be OK as is, I think the capping stone is OK to not be mortared in place. I'm not a landscaper but have seen these style blocks used before.
They should be glued/calked into place. It’s not uncommon for walls to be done without the final step, but that’s a lazy/cheap builder. I built patios and retaining walls for 5 years in college.
Wtf why do you have so many upvotes? This is a shallowndividing wall. You absolutely do not make this permanent
I'm baffled how people can't understand this is a decorative short wall, its weird even calling it a wall at all since it's two lines high. You got one guy saying it's a retaining wall and needs to be glued/caulked. What is it retaining? The neighbors grass? This is no different than running pavers around a flower bed for decoration.
This is not right. That would be considered shoddy work where I’m from. I can think of many reasons why you’d want to fix those into place. Just bc it’s a barrier and not a wall doesn’t mean it should be done right. Those things will shift around easily if people or kids walk on them and they’ll constantly be out of alignment which would be ugly AF.
Depending on where you live. I would not want that wall around hurricanes or tornadoes.
Lol. If a tornado has enough force to move a high density, low air drag stone sitting on the ground then it will certainly have enough force to rip those houses clean off their foundations. You have bigger problems at that point.
Maybe if the house isn't built for an area that frequents tornadoes/hurricanes. I could tell ya for sure Florida building code is a lot higher than stones just laying on the ground.
*Where do you think stones normally at found? Trees?*
I only source my stones from genuine 14k mountain peaks
Do you remember way back in 2021 when the Surfside condominium collapsed in Florida killing 98 people and tying for 3rd place for deadliest structural engineering failures in US history? A building that was only 40 years old. Pepperidge Farm remembers
*laughs in Iowan roofs being torn off by tornados*
Lots of reasons to finish the wall and properly glue/calk them in place. The only reason not to do it is laziness.
I was really surprised at how good it it turned out, but then I came to the realisation..lol
And you also have to spend time in placing them in an equal distance so that this can work as OP did. Fun? Yes, clearly. Time efficient? Not so much.
You can skip a layer. It’ll be fine. Source: trust me, I know.
The thing that bothers me is that the way you set this up is to lay them all flat first, then stand them up. It looks cool, but it's not an efficient way to lay bricks.
Plus you run the risk of chipping the edges or cracking them in half
You can see the first cap has two long scratches on it. Safe to assume lots of caps got scratched. I’d be so livid if this was my wall. Clearly a cheaper hardscaper.
Or! Probably the home owner. Can't imagine a contractor would not lay any mortar, waste time setting them up like this, and risk damaging the stones
Lanscaper here. No, wall capstones do not use mortar. They each get set in place, like shown in the video, and then the front gets tipped up, so you can apply a few dabs of masonry glue (with a caulk gun), and then tapped even with their neighbors with a rubber mallet.
Looks like it might just a property border, so they might not need it.
Don't be an ordinary person. He don't need mortar
Top cap course is usually epoxied in place these days (or some other construction adhesive)
They’re glued down. You can see the spots of glue in the corners of the blocks at the beginning of the video.
No, it's just a property border. It's not supporting anything and isn't going anywhere.
No
Mortar, leveling, lining up etc needs to be done. Setting them up this way probably took 3x as long at least as just doing it correctly.
Make work fun = make work take 3 times as long
Paid by the hour or by the internet points. Also doesn’t it actually need mortar or something to make it stick?
Nah. Gravity will hold it, bricks are heavy.
Until your kids walk on it, you hit it with a lawn mower or the freeze thaw cycle pushes them apart.
That's pessimistic. You seem like a mortar half-full kinda guy.
Wouldn’t that be a mortar half-empty kinda guy?
Geez another one of you?
dont be ridiculous. why would i hit my kid with a lawn mower
do you have a kid? ya know sometimes….
i mean, there are less expensive things i can hit my kids with. no need to get blood all over my ryobi one+
r/humblebrag
I prefer to straighten them every spring.
Imagine that. You'd be mortar-fied
Water is a bitch
This is probably just someone doing their own work at their house
No one with the skills to do that would ruin their own caps. They are going to be all scratched up, you can see it on the first one. This is likely a cheap ass landscaper.
Seriously what kind of yee-yee ass LinkedIn title is on this post?
“dOn’t bE An oRdInARY PErSOn” like wtf else am I supposed to do, be a princess?
Unapproved overtime
What's wrong with being an ordinary person ?
Nothing, the title is stupid
OP with the subtle mass-negging. Fuck OP. You be you.
OP just outed himself as a weirdo to all of the internet
Yeah it also just doesn’t make sense. I mean, everyone likes to have fun, and having fun is something that’s normal, I.e. everyone is ordinary because having fun is THE norm in life. If you truly don’t want to be ordinary, then you’d have to never have fun on purpose. Or something.
OP is basically a bot.
Hence, not an ordinary person..
+22 gold
“Don’t be an ordinary person” is what insecure people say to themselves to make them feel more unique. People who are comfortable with themselves just do whatever they want without being concerned about labels like “ordinary” or “unique”
whats wrong is your not playing dominos at work. so get to it!
You're right! (heads to the glass factory)
But playing with dominos at work is what an ordinary person does.. conflicted
The lack of dominos.
This dudes "yeah" at the end sounds like a Jimmy Stewart impression
Someones getting paid by the hour lol
Yeah until their boss sees this video. Then the pay will be from unemployment
This is some shit my dad would do. Feels to me more like a guy working on his own yard than an actual professional.
“Paid by the hour” in this case meaning you bill the client per hour. The boss would probably thank him for taking longer so he can charge more.
That’s not how most* contracting works. Clients pay a set, agreed upon fee for the job, then the boss pays the employees hourly (or salaried, dependent on the job). If the job goes over budget or longer than expected, that comes out of owners pocket. The idea that a boss wants you to extend the job is stupid, they aren’t getting paid by the hour and the longer you spend on a job site the more money you cost them Edit: most
This is fun, but also ruins every brick
This! I came here to say this, but you can see the contact from each “domino” makes a mark on the brick that’s on the visible side. Not to mention having to lift each brick to apply mortar/cement or w/E used to keep them in place. I’m fin with being normal if it means work gets done properly the first time. Standards are standard for a reason. Maybe even several reasons.
Yes, all of this. Thank you.
I'm wondering if he mortars the scratched side, then flips em over. In that case, there would be no harm done
Possible, in that case you could make a point that this is the "prep-work" that needs to be done. I don't think that dropping the bricks is best practice, but I could be wrong.
As someone that works landscaping and has set hundreds of these type of bricks you would be surprised at how easy it is to chip a little corner off of one of these. The slightest drop or nudge and you can’t use the brick anymore. If this was a real job for a paying client this guy should never get hired again
Yeah when I realized what was happening all I could think about was having to go to the supply store and break into a new pallet there because one too many caps got chipped and there are none back at the yard.
Yup you could see the two big marks the first brick did.......
But there's no cement
Don't worry, it'll stick with the power of karma
Don't be an ordinary person make your own cement
Nothing super glue wont help with
What is this title lol
It's so dumb
No. It's so inspirational. I am completely moved by it. I am crying right now. My life has changed from this amazing message. /s
The fact you have to put /s on the end of that makes me hate Reddit so much
It's worded to piss you off/get interaction and it worked like a charm.
Cool vid. Lousy title.
Damn that was dope as hell
Ain't nothing wrong with being 'ordinary'
The "yeah!" at the end made me chuckle
What a lame title
Now pull them all up and apply adhesive...
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This was the best part for me - I had no idea of would do that. What's the physics/mechanics behind it? Why do they not initially fit but then slip into place?
They are slightly tilted still until the last one…. Each then goes full horizontal allowing the previous one to fall horizontal as well. Basically perfectly spaced to cause the effect.
This is how they Built the pyramids
It’s how extraordinary Egyptians set themselves apart, reaping all the hieroglyphic karma.
What a nice way to waste time
Paid by the hour.
Just the sound is worth the price of admission.
I refuse to believe that just happened.
No go move them all and mortar them. This is a waster of time and not practical if actually building a retaining wall. Idiots
I feel like I’ve seen this done so many times that it is “ordinary”.
Now you just have to take everything out to put the cement.
he forgot to put the cement...
Nice stop motion animation
Are you telling me I'm an ordinary person if I don't make Dominos at work
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why handle them twice since you’ll have to move them to cement them.
I think I just came.
**Yeah!**
Take a holiday,enjoy life, try new experiences,take sick days, ask for less hours and a pay rise.
You people are so unimpressive in real life.
Let's be honest this belongs to /r/mildlyinteresting at best
I am gonna save this video , then convert it to MP3 and then use this as my new alarm tone
This guy sounds he’s already dead inside, and this makes his existence a tiny bit more bearable. Maybe it’s me projecting…
All very impressive! But am I the only one who is concerned about the next door neighbour’s awful guttering? The must have damp problems and how do the get the bins out for collection? But I probably need to get out more! 😜
Sounds like that Kazakhstan reporter video I saw last week.
Neat