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So in Britain houses that back onto each other have to be at least 21 M apart okay that’s the law It Was Written In 1902 and it was written to protect women’s modesty so two men decided to walk away from each other until one of them couldn’t see the other’s nipples under there
Wow and it hasn’t been updated since what year was that what year was that 1902 nipples were much smaller also I eyesight’s improved as well so I’m confident I could see nipple at the end of our G oh easy
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One of them only? So presumably the one with the better eyesight could still see the other one's nipple?
But in 1902, women were wearing corsets that covered their nipples anyway, plus a chemise, corset cover, and blouse.
This does mean that we get houses with gardens though.
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Is this true? George Orwell in Wigan Pier describes back-to-back houses with 0 metres between them, ie no back doors let alone back gardens. And even without that 21 metres is a good distance; I grew up in 1930s terraces and no way were they 21 metres apart.
Ah, Britain, clearly not the U.K.
My neighbour is about 12 metres away from the back of my house due to them building an extension.
Shut upπ
C'mon BBC, let us poor Yanks see the new QI series.
Some council update it to 25m
Specified as 21 mtrs in 1902, in the UK, likely story.
Why would it need to be updated? The assumption that an old law needs changing is a bizarre modern idea due to permanent political class! In ancient times they would literally carve laws into stone and never change them!
Wow! Is this all they can come up with? Oh how the gullible audience laughed. And these people are passed off as talent in this country. How low the bar of so called comedy has been set!
Fun fact:……Telespoces were invented in 1608……don't tell the women.
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When oh when are we going to see full episodes of QI back on the Tube? I miss it here in Australia π¦πΊ
Ever think 21 metres is the βmetrificationβ of a Cricket Pitch near as damm?
Do not update! Can't you see where "updated" laws are going?
Not true . Most of the houses build in the UK are detached and terraced houses .So no any distance
thats so british
Now that's a practical law. They went and tested and then implemented
dont need the law any more….british women are the W word now.π π π
The milkshake brings all the boys to the yard…
For those who need the conversion or a visual:
21 Meter = 68.8976378'= 22.9658793 Yards
Average full size car = 16.5' therefore a bit over 4 car lengths
Curtains existed in 1902, didn't they? Drapes, curtains, blinds, shudders. C'mon. That's like inventing a pen to write in zero G when pencils exist. This is why women should run the world.
Who is the brunette? I love her egg beater styled hair.
Sounds like someone lied, or had severe astigmatism π
That's funny.
Kinda nice
That comment from Jason was brilliant, oh easy, π
Not a bad length tho space planning at its best
i can confirm this, the house at the back of mine is around 60 feet away, we very sadly did check once. but that also means that Manchester is too, as for nipples, the woman at the back is in her 80s, i dont want to see them….
Nipples were definitely smaller in 1902 ππππ
"How are we going to determine how far apart homes should be?"
*lengthy argument ensues
1902, 21 Meters? it would have been yards then
It depends whether or not you've had a babyπππ
"Nipples were much smaller then."
"BUT ALSO eyesight's improved AS WELL."
Whatever Alan says is taken as truth… What if he starts using this to his advantage?
Why are they laughing at least there is some logic and science in it. Whit no harm on women. At the moment they are pushing lgbtq+++ agenda without any logic and science and harming a lot women. "Real women"
Only one of them? It's ok if one does, but not both?
Surely in 1902 it would have been 23 yards rather than 21 meters.
And after that, someone cheeky invented curtains. I guess had they figured out "Covering windows" sooner we wouldn't have alleys.
Clearly that's not true!
In 1902 Britain used the Imperial Measurement system, not the Metric Measurement system. So 21 Meters was meaningless in Britain is 1902.
Also 21 Meters is 68.8976 Feet or 22.9659 Yards. No Building Regulations were ever written to include decimal places in measurements.
I don't get it, what are these women doing in the garden that they had to have their nipples hidden from the neighbors? Would a fence not have done? And what about women in the street? If you couldn't see their nipples 21 metres away, what's to protect them when they are out in public? I don't have this season of QI yet, but I'm gonna need some context.
They didn't teach me that at law school. Would have been a bit more fun if they had π
Britain didn't use Metres in 1902!!!!
this is rubbish. as the length, 66ft is a common measurement- a chain. it is a coincidence isn't it their eyesight resulted in an exact measurement?
Nipples deserve to be free!
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