Victorians Got Super Weird With Flirting, Part Two: Courtship and Calling Cards

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Cast your mind back to the Victorian Era, when countless singles and would-be paramours struggled to circumvent strict social mores in the search for true love. In the second part of this two-part series, Ben, Noel and Max continue their exploration of Victorian Era, conspiratorial methods -- especially the infamous 'acquaintance card.'

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0:00.0	Ridiculous historians.
0:29.0	Thank you, as always so much for tuning in.
0:31.9	Let's hear it for the number one guy who sets our hearts aflutter.
0:36.9	We are so Twitter-painted for our super producer, Mr. Max Williams.
0:41.6	He's our number one, number two.
0:43.6	Is that a thing?
0:44.8	I kind of like it.
0:45.6	You're more than number two.
0:46.8	You're number one in our hearts.
0:48.4	Yeah, for some reason, number one, number two makes me think of, I'm going to say it,
0:53.2	my favorite poop, you know?
0:56.0	That's right.
0:56.8	That's right.
0:57.4	That's right.
0:57.5	That's Max.
0:58.3	No, no, no.
0:59.5	Everyone's favorite poop.
1:01.4	Which, it's funny, this is unrelated to anything, but I saw quite recently a four-year-old absolutely burn down an adult with the most vicious insult the four-year-old
1:14.7	could think of.
1:15.8	Ooh, poopie head?
1:17.0	Poopi face?
1:17.9	She said, I was someone who said, oh, you know, don't, I'm not going to give names because I'll
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