Henning Wehn's Rant About 'The War' | QI

This clip is from QI Series I, Episode 8, 'Inequality' with Stephen Fry, Alan Davies, Clive Anderson, Sandi Toksvig and Henning Wehn.

[lhfirex]

This joke/rant is pretty funny, but I think my favorite one is Henning on Cats Does Countdown after the Brexit vote. He says after the vote he's been lucky enough to hide out in someone's attic, and "who knows, maybe I'll even get a book out of it."

[kashiichan]

"you were nothing but a drain on British resources" I died

[CharlieQuartz]

I’ve never seen the context of that “German baby” joke and I’m so glad I did now. Henning Wehn’s rant was brilliant lol

[cmsfvsh]

"You were nothing but a drain on British resources" - Probably the best insult ever 😂

[budte]

Henning was exactly the right person to deliver the German baby joke punchline.

[zbr]

Henning's got a point about the septuagenarians and octogenarians that take pride. And this episode was ten years ago! Only people who are 95+ have a reason to do so, and that's if they served. I think David Mitchell said it best in 2009. "When a 75-year-old said 'he didn't fight a war for the likes of you', he's right. He was evacuated for the likes of us".

[thomasbernecky]

I'm still laughing at the joke, and may have damaged myself? I also like the story of the German on holiday in France. He got pulled over by a police officer. The police officer started asking him some questions, "Name?" "Wolfgang Klaus" "Age?" "36" "Occupation?" "No, just visiting." Thanks.

[KarstenOkk]

Calling 10 year olds a "drain on the country's resources" during wartime is the most German thing to say.

[lycian]

My wife is German and we went with her sister to see Henning at a theatre off Leicester Square. My sister-in-law started to berate Henning about the 1966 World Cup. He replied ‘I wasn’t even fucking born then’. Brilliant act and took a lot of time afterwards to talk to people when we left.

[NickC-Ohio]

The German baby joke collab truly was a beautiful little moment in QI history 😂😁

[Sunshine-zmfx]

I wish Henning Wehn was more popular in these kinds of shows. I'd love to see him again.

[dielaughing]

My new boss is German, and so far he has been quite3 sparing with his praise. He has pointed out all the flaws in my work and I have accepted it in good faith, but finally on Christmas eve he told me he was satisfied with my output (with certain caveats) and I was very pleased to hear that.

But I have also known the heights of Teutonic enthusiasm - years ago two German brothers let me know my placement of a particular load (under their watchful eye) was 'almost perfect'. I knew then that was as good as it gets.

[cijmo]

My dad was one who always went on about the war. They lived just outside of Glasgow, his grandparents ran a restaurant so they got twice the rations that everyone else did. They had chickens, they had two milk cows, they were better off than so many other people AND...half way through the war, he was evacuated to live with family in Wales! He was 9 when the war ended. Nothing in his very being had anything to do with how the war went.

[CaptainAmaziiing]

"Every ten year old British kid was effectively fighting for the Germans."

Fookin genius.

[paulbromley]

I think Henning has now officially become a national treasure I’m just not sure whether it’s a British or a German one.

[kinggimped]

That is a brilliant joke at the end of that rant. He's such an interesting comedian

[roberttill]

Henning when is just brilliant. He uses his accent and country for maximum laughs, and usually at the expense of the English, but is so funny as he does it!

[austinreid]

Henning is the very reason i watch some programs. Very clever man

[blue_tree_meadow]

Henning is brilliant, I love his sense of humour. 😁❤

[idleonlooker]

Steven's "You got to admire his guts" killed me!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣