The 1% Club viewers couldn’t believe their ears as a contestant appeared not to know the basic geography of the United Kingdom. The young man called Toby was one of the players knocked out of the ITV show on the following question: An Engilshman (sic), an Irishman and a Scotsman walk into a bar. Which one is wrong?
While the answer was in fact “Englishman”, which was spelt incorrectly for the purpose of the question, nobody expected Toby’s answer when host Lee asked why he had picked Scotsman. “I honestly had no idea,” he admitted.
“I didn’t think that was a real word…Scotsman. I didn’t think that was a real word.” An astonished Lee enquired: “Did you not think it was a real country?”
“I thought Manchester was in Scotland until yesterday when apparently it’s not,” he explained, much to Lee’s surprise. Clearly thinking it was a wind-up, he asked him outright: “Are you taking the Mickey?”
“No, no,” he insisted. “Because I’m from London,” he continued, leaving Lee even more slack-jawed. “Oh well, that’s all right now. I didn’t realise you’re from London. We’ll allow you to say anything,” Lee joked.
“I’ve never ever been up anywhere higher than London,” Toby continued to explain. “So I had no idea.”
“I’m not gonna lie,” Lee admitted. “When I saw you, I thought, ‘Great, I can do loads of gags about the little kid who’s still at school.’ Now I doubt that you’ve ever been to school,” the host said.
2001joe_mendy questioned: “He seriously thought Manchester is in Scotland????? Jesus… #The1PercentClub.” (sic)
@WhoPotterVian pondered: “What the heck? He thought MANCHESTER was in SCOTLAND? Has he NEVER seen an episode of Coronation Street in his life? #The1PercentClub.” (sic)
@bvdsteel chimed in: “He looks about 12, thinks manchester is scottish and they wont let ME on the show #the1percentclub.” (sic)
Meanwhile, @JillHudson21 was equally surprised, writing: “He thought Manchester was in Scotland?? Feck!!! #The1PerCentClub.” (sic)
The 1% Club is on ITV on Saturday nights with previous episodes available on ITVX.
