Shock Me Like An Electric Eel

Really thought he comparison is absurd, Nobody would ever use a WeedWhacker to replace a scythe, they do completely different things, just like you’d never use a scythe to cut down weeds growing out of a sidewalk. If it’s for trimming a lawn it should be against a lawnmower, which would fucking destroy it, and if it’s for harvesting hay it should be against a combine harvester, which would destroy it exponentially more.

“Come on buddy, it’s your time to g–”.

He’s cut short as the weed whacker sputters to a stop. He pumps the starter.

“Time to g–”.

Again he pumps the starter, but this time, nothing. He peers all over the engine, trying to find the problem, despite knowing that it’s internal. You sit there as he mutters to himself:

“Great. Just great. Brand new machine and it quits on me on the first pick-up. Now I’ve gotta do ALL that paperwork ALL over again to get ANOTHER new one…”.

You continue watching with interest, and a thought occurs to you. You giggle.

“I thought you came for me, not for your weed whacker. You could’ve just stayed home and killed it.”

Flanos

For adults, the appeal is Sir Patrick Stewart doing a kid’s educational bit in full Shakespearean dress and style; there’s a delightful cognitive dissonance between the very serious presentation and the very simple content.

For very small children, it’s educational: this is the letter “B”; here’s how it’s shaped; here’s some words you know that start with it. Oh, and here’s a word you may not be familiar with that starts with it, so you can recognize that it’s the sound that matters, and not whatever other connection you made between the other two words.

For older kids: you’ve probably heard that “to be or not to be?” speech, or at least part of it, so you can enjoy some of the parody the adults are watching. Also, here’s how to describe how a letter is made - how to teach young siblings who don’t read yet, how to explain both the shape and the sound.

For kids with dyslexia: here’s how you differentiate a “B” from a P or D or E. You may have to go slowly and look carefully at the exact shapes that make up the whole, but there are differences and you can learn to recognize them. 

For teens or young college students: In addition to whichever parts of those are relevant to you, here’s what Shakespearean acting sounds like. Here’s how to enunciate clearly and slowly, so your audience can understand terms they may not recognize and still follow the gist of what you’re saying. If you’re reading Shakespeare in school, try sounding it out like this and see if that helps it make sense.

"This world can be beautiful sometimes"

“Cat steals some milk during Dean of Canterbury Cathedral’s morning sermon"