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[English]

What is your favorite makeup brand?

This is obviously made for girls.

[Laughs] Yeah

Hello everybody. We are brothers.

Are we? We are.

One of the most common questions we get

is if we are actually brothers.

To clarify that and to give you guys more

info about us,

we are going to do the #brother tag. That's right.

If you're just tuning in, my name is Alex.

I'm Marko. And we are the Vagabrothers.

And this is the Vagabrother's #brothertag.

Without further ado....

Question 1: who is the oldest?

I am 30 years old.

I am 28 years old, which makes Marko

the oldest.

My birthday is April 2, 1986

the day after April Fool's Day.

My birthday is March 15, 1988

the day Julius Caesar was assassinated.

I think my age really fluctuates with my beard

depending on how much beard I have.

If I shave everything off, I look like

really ,really young.

If I have a beard, I look 40.

What was the last text you sent each other?

Let's just pull it up real quick. What is it?

It was last night, and I said I was editing

a 360 video that we shot {coming out soon.},

A horror video. Shhhhh

And I said, "Yo. Come look."

Alex and I are at the point where

we're so lazy; we hang out all the time

that we actually text each other from being.....

we were only twenty feet away.

What do you like and hate about your siblings?

This can be a really explosive topic.

Let's not get too far down in the weeds.

What do you like? Why don't you start

with what you like about me?

I love that my brother

is so determined.

I'm the sort of person who comes up with

a bunch of different ideas, and my brother

is someone who helps take an idea and execute it.

He won't stop working on it until it's totally done.

I like your curiosity.

Mark is an immensely curious person.

And I like that about you because you're

always asking questions, and you're always

on this hunt for knowledge,

which turns up cool things, which we

usually end up putting into our vlogs.

I really like that about you.

What about hate? What do you hate about me?

I think we both hate the same thing about each other,

which is that we're both so stubborn,

stubborn as F.

We both think that we're right

all the time for different reasons.

And that is really what makes

working together challenging.

What also makes working together

challenging and something I hate about you..

When we're in the car together,

Mark just sneaks these silent

but deadly farts out.....

Mark?

{Laughs} You're so sick.

It can get worse.

What do we have in common?

We have a last name in common.

Parents in common.

Career. Both fluent in Spanish.

We're both good at accents,

but you are definitely better at accents.

Thank you.

Both pretty athletic. We love beer.

Most memorable argument?

We argue quite often.

Yeah. It's like a daily occurrence.

We argue about little things like:

should we go left at this street or right?

Should we leave now or in 10 minutes?

I think that our most severe argument ever

was one during that trip around the world

for 6 months...like literally a day or two before,

we're totally drunk and we had this fight

and it was physical..pushing, punching

and rolling on the street.

You almost bit my nipple off. I did!

I had teeth marks in my rib cage.

Next question: what do you do for fun?

Recently, Alex and I have both got into motorbikes

I have Triumph Bonneville.

I have a BMW F800 GS

Personally, me, I'm definitely more

intellectual and kind of like a bit nerdy.

When I have free time, I tend to read a bunch.

My book shelve is pretty big,

and that's what I do in my free time a lot.

In my free time I like to get outside.

I really enjoy being in nature.

I'm big into surfing.

I like trail running, cycling.

Lately I've gotten really into fly fishing.

I just generally like being outside.

What's our funniest memory?

When we filmed the video from the Isle of Mann TT.

Oh, dude. I was constipated.

I asked Alex for some Ex Lax

Wait. Mark always used to give me shit,

literally, about traveling with Ex Lax.

And I travel with Ex LAx because

one of the things that happens when you're traveling

is irregularity.

I gave Mark Ex LAx.

He ate the entire packet of chocolate,

instead of just one piece of chocolate.

I overdosed, and it was so disgustingly brutal,

and Alex helped me out.

That deserves story time.

There will be a story time.

And there's footage......Oh god.

Describe each other in three words:

Intellectual,

humorous,

and quirky.

I like that. I would say:

strong,

determined,

and loyal.

Those are nice.

Thank you.

What's something that annoys you about me?

Alex and I are running a business together

in addition to being brothers, which

makes a lot more points of frustration.

It makes it a lot more important

that we learn to be patient with each other.

For me... I get really frustrated

with the way that Alex types.

I'm really anal about the way we organize files

because there are so many of them.

Alex, for some reason, has trouble

organizing the files

in a way that appeals to my OCD-ness

on the inside. It's just really frustrating.

What annoys me about you??

You're always rushing me.

You tell me that we need to go

like 15 times. I get it the first time.

I'm in the process of going.

I'm getting all my stuff together.

I'm usually the one who is organizing

all the camera equipment and all the

stuff that we need for the shoot,

and Mark is just sitting there waiting.

Let's go! Let's go! I'm not waiting.

Bro, you could help me out.

How about you help organize some of this stuff,

and then we can leave faster?

Also though, you tend to

have to take a poop right when we're leaving!

I tell you 15 times because I know

that if I tell him now, maybe he'll take the poop,

and then in 15 minutes we'd be ready to go.

That's why. Let's go.. All right......

and then he goes to the bathroom.

Who keeps a cleaner room?

I think Alex does. Yeah.

Who takes longer to get dressed?

[Alex] Yeah....no question.

I call it preening. You know how birds are??

What does your brother think about the most?

Carrie Rad.

Thank you.

I would say you worry a lot.

We have long, detailed discussions

that sometimes turn into arguments

about hypothetical situations

that haven't happened.

And I think you dedicate too much of

your brain power to playing out situations

that haven't happened yet.

This is probably true.

However, I'm also .....between us ...

the strategic thinker.

I am the strategic thinker.

Next question: who reads more?

[Mark] I do for sure.

What's something you like to do together?

I think we like to eat together.

Yeah..We dine, Bro.

This next question is kind of messed up.

Who's the more talented?

I think it's very much ..we have different talents.

That's why we can do what we do because

I know my strengths,

but you complement my strengths,

which are my weaknesses.

That's the same for me.

What does your brother really bad at?

Honestly, hand-eye coordination, Bro.

Are you talking about yourself?

No, I'm talking about you. oh.

What am I really bad at?

Alex has a really, really short temper.

That's not true.

What's the best thing about one another?

Your beard is pretty good when you pull it out.

Really???

When it gets past this long, it starts to look like pubes.

And that's when I don't like your beard.

What was that?

A little bit of beard oil there.

You don't have enough beard oil

naturally growing in that thing?

Just from the poutine that I just ate.

If we're just going to be talking about features,

I would say your hair, Brother.

Because my hair is just untamable .

And I've always been.......

my life would be so much easier if

my hair were straight and thick.

You used to have an afro too.

Your hair changes every couple years.

Who takes longer to get ready? Ding.

Nicknames for each other?

I call you Marcus Aurelius,

the philosopher, emperor.

My nickname for Alex recently

has been Gustave,.

which is short for....this is so weird..

When he was younger his nickname was Flanders.

We had neighbors, and I would go over to

their house and he was obsessed with

The Simpsons.

When he would open the door, he'd say,

" Hello, Flanders."

When we were in Paris, Mark started calling me

Flambert, and then Gustave Flabert, I guess.

The writer of Madame Bouvary.....

something similar...I don't know.

So I started calling him Gustave.

I kind of like Gustave.

It's a nice nickname.

Makes me feel Swedish.

Last thing we talked about?

Going to a therapist.

Before that.

Before we talked about going to a therapist,

we talked about whether or not the apartment

we're looking at right now is

the right one.

Right now we're filming at my girlfriend's

apartment, Carrie Rad.

If you don't know her, go check out her channel.

We'll link it below. She's awesome.

Are we close?

We're not always the best of friends.

Sometimes we fight a lot.

I think, though, it's because

we are two different people

who live together,

work together,

travel together, spend almost all

our time together.

For me, personally,

sometimes I'm just like... I need

some space. I need to go for a run

or I need to take a day or two off

because what we do is so involved

and it requires so much of our attention

and our emotional bandwidth.

Of course, we're close, man.

We wouldn't be doing this.

We wouldn't be here doing this right now

if we weren't close. Yeah.

Ok. This one is cool.

Next question:

what's one thing you can do that your sibling can't?

You can speak like Donald Duck. I can't do that.

Oh you can't? Why not?

I like to speak like Donald Duck. Quack!

You can tie your shoes.

I cannot tie my shoe correctly.

What? Your shoes are tied.

I tie them backwards.

I've been tying my shoes , like a bow,

backwards for years.

All right. I didn't know that.

If you want me to tie your shoes, let me know, Bro

I've got you. That's what brothers are for.

What's the one dish you want your mom

to make when you feel down?

Pasta Carbonara. Yeah.

Eating is what we like to do together.

Last one. Complete this statement.

My sibling is: a really good brother.

I couldn't wish for a better one, really.

There could be some moments, some area

{that's so fake} no it's not, dude.

I'm not going to complain because, you know,

it could be a lot worse, man.

I would say....my sibling is:

the only one that I have.

My sibling is awesome.

I love you, Bro. I love you, too.

Guys, if you enjoyed that, that was

the Brother Tag.

If you enjoyed that one, let us know

in the comment section.

Favorite moment. Put it down there.

If you have questions? We're going to be

doing a lot more of these Q & A's

and these more personal videos.

We're going to have 15 things about Alex.

15 things about Marko.

and a new vlog series coming at you next week

from Northern Ireland.

It's going to be awesome. If you enjoyed the video

give it a thumbs-up ,share it with your friends,

and subscribe to Vagabrothers

for more videos every week.

In the meantime, stay curious,

keep exploring, and we'll see you guys on the road.

[Kiss] Peace. Later.

There's one thing that we have not really told you about

and that would be us.

The reason we haven't told you our story

is that it's all over the place,.

and it spans multiple years.

This video is all about our

YouTube story......

Who we are, where we come from,

how we started making films,

and how we got to where we are.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
fluctuates /ˈflʌktʃueɪts/ B2	verb - to rise and fall irregularly in number or amount
assassinated /əˈsæsɪneɪtɪd/ B2	verb - to murder (someone) deliberately and often for political or religious reasons
determined /dɪˈtɜːrmɪnd/ B1	adjective - having made a firm decision and being resolved not to change it
execute /ˈeksɪkjuːt/ B2	verb - to carry out or put into effect a plan, order, or sentence
immensely /ɪˈmensli/ B2	adverb - extremely; very
stubborn /ˈstʌbən/ B1	adjective - having or showing dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something
explosive /ɪkˈsploʊsɪv/ B2	adjective - likely to cause sudden and violent change or reaction
curiosity /ˌkjuːriˈɑːsəti/ B1	noun - a strong desire to know or learn something
fluent /ˈfluːənt/ B2	adjective - able to express oneself easily and articulately
athletic /æθˈletɪk/ B1	adjective - good at sports; physically fit and strong
severe /sɪˈvɪr/ B2	adjective - very great or intense
physical /ˈfɪzɪkəl/ B1	adjective - relating to the body
intellectual /ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl/ B2	adjective - relating to the intellect
nerdy /ˈnɜːrdi/ B1	adjective - characteristic of someone who is interested in academic or intellectual pursuits
shelve /ʃelv/ B1	noun - a flat surface fixed to a wall or standing alone, used for storing or displaying things
trail /treɪl/ B1	noun - a path or track left by something that has passed
constipated /ˈkɑːnstɪpeɪtɪd/ B2	adjective - unable to empty the bowels

Key Grammar Structures

• What is your favorite makeup brand?

  ➔ Interrogative sentence, Wh-question

  ➔ This is a direct question seeking information about someone's preference. The structure is 'Wh-word + auxiliary verb + subject + main verb'. The **'What'** is the interrogative pronoun.

• If you're just tuning in, my name is Alex.

  ➔ Conditional sentence (Type 0/1), present simple in both clauses

  ➔ This sentence uses a conditional structure. **'If you're just tuning in'** is the condition, and **'my name is Alex'** is the result. The present simple is used to express a general truth or a likely outcome.

• We argue quite often.

  ➔ Present simple, adverb of frequency

  ➔ This sentence describes a habitual action. **'quite often'** is an adverb of frequency that modifies the verb **'argue'**, indicating how frequently the action occurs.

• I think my age really fluctuates with my beard depending on how much beard I have.

  ➔ Complex sentence, subordinate clause with 'depending on', verb 'fluctuate'

  ➔ This is a complex sentence with a main clause and a subordinate clause. The subordinate clause **'depending on how much beard I have'** explains the condition under which the age fluctuates. **'fluctuate'** means to rise and fall irregularly in number or amount.

• Alex and I are at the point where we're so lazy; we hang out all the time

  ➔ Relative clause ('where'), semicolon to connect related independent clauses

  ➔ The clause **'where we're so lazy'** is a relative clause modifying 'the point'. The semicolon separates two closely related independent clauses: **'Alex and I are at the point where we're so lazy'** and **'we hang out all the time'**.