Video player not working?0:000:000:00SettingsQualityAutoAudioSpeed1×CaptionsOffPerson SwapDula TVFunny videos since 2008Thumbs up0Thumbs down0 Share2.3K views Mar 2009A prankster tests how observant passersby are by asking for directions, then swapping places with another person while they continue the conversation. Show transcript0:01Most of us think we're pretty observant, but with a bit of mind control, I wanted to see if I could make these people take even the most obvious things for granted.0:08Excuse me, do you know how to get to Trinity Church from here?0:11Yeah. You see that church down there?0:15Yep, straight through there.0:16And then you keep going down.0:18Excuse me. Sorry.0:21You see where that church is down there?0:23Yeah.0:24You stay on that, which is, I believe, Broadway, and then you walk down 2 or 3 blocks, and Trinity Church is on the right hand side.0:32We're walking in that direction.0:33Okay.0:38Excuse me, you don't know where Trinity Church is, do you?0:41Might be Wall Street and Broadway.0:43Okay. Well, we're, we're down here somewhere, aren't we?0:46Yeah, you see Trinity Church.0:48Sorry.0:50Sorry.0:51Uh, yeah. Side the Trinity Church, but0:54Yeah.0:55If you keep going that way, you left Broadway, then you go on a couple of blocks and0:59Thanks very much.1:00That seemed almost too easy, so later on I see how far I can take it.1:05Excuse me, do you know where, uh, Trinity Church is?1:08It's in that direction.1:10Okay.1:10Yeah.1:11Last time I switched with someone who looked a little bit like me, but where's the fun in that?1:15Ma'am, excuse me.1:18You know who, who best direct you? The other side, you see where that lady's standing?1:23Sure.1:23That's the pool. No, the lady in the gray.1:26The other side?1:27Yeah, the other side of the pool.1:27But you say you don't know where it is?1:29Uh, exactly what street? No, but it's in that direction.1:31Okay. Thank you.1:32Yeah, okay?1:33Thank you.1:36Excuse me. Do you know where, um, Trinity Church is from here?1:41Yeah, fine. Come on, come on, I'll take you. Or you want to walk now?1:44Uh, I'm gonna, I'm gonna catch some other people. Sorry, guys.1:50Okay, listen, once you go on Broadway,1:52Yes.1:53Remember, the numbers are going...1:56I could have sworn it was another guy. Um, once you hit the Broadway, you're going down.2:01Yes.2:01Walk up straight that way and just walk straight down. You're gonna see it.2:04It's like, it's really brown.2:05That's brilliant. Thanks for your help.2:06All right, fine. Don't worry about it, don't worry about it.2:10Excuse me, do you know where Trinity Church is?2:13Yeah.2:13Ah, great.2:14What you want to do is, um...2:15W- w- where are we on here? We sort of there.2:18We're right here.2:19Run through, thank you.2:23Go on.2:24We are Brooklyn Bridge.2:30You want to cross over there, go down Broadway, it'll be right there.2:33Okay, thank you.2:39Excuse me, mate, do you know this area? Do you know the area?2:42Do you know where Piccadilly Circus?2:44Uh, you need to go that way.2:46So through there?2:47Yeah, through there, the Leicester Square.2:52Sorry, go on for me, where?2:56If you keep going that way,2:57This way?2:58you get to Piccadilly Circus.2:59Oh, thank you very much. Oh, careful of the car. Cheers, mate.3:02Thank you.3:04Excuse me, are you, are you familiar with this area?3:06No.3:07No? Okay, all right.3:08What are you trying to look at?3:09Uh, Piccadilly Circus?3:10Piccadilly Circus. Um, cousin3:12Yeah.3:12got me here. Piccadilly Circus is right here.3:15Oh, sorry. Hang on, sorry.3:19Sorry, which?3:20Um, I just saw it right here.3:22Okay, so is that straight over?3:24Definitely not that. Um, I know it's that direction.3:28Over that way.3:30Oh, okay, thank you.3:44Do you know this area at all?3:45A little bit.3:46Do you know how to get to St. Paul's from here? I'm not even quite sure where we are.3:50Uh, that's not where we are. Um.4:00Sorry, can you just, uh,4:02just trying to work out where I'm going.4:05We are here.4:06Right, okay.4:07Yeah, I think it's sort of down there.4:09I'm sure that wouldn't have worked quite as well if I was a very famous pop star.4:15Well, it took me over 2 hours to find Francesco's keys, which was disappointing, but I did go to Venice for free, and I didn't fall into the canal on the way home like a twat.4:25Sorry, you know how to get to St. Paul's from here?4:27Uh, yeah, you're right, um.4:29Oh, okay. Is it correct?4:32Go through from here.4:32Mm. Do you know where we are on here?4:36And then...4:38Um, I'm just getting my bearings. Um, Liverpool Street, right, okay, we are...4:43Is that, is that down in this direction there?4:45Yeah, yeah, that road there is Old Broad.
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