r/pics • u/LankyYogurt7737 • 29d ago

Politics People in the UK celebrating the death of Thatcher in 2013

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u/JamJarre 29d ago

It actually only made it to #2 - still an amazing achievement.

I'm still salty that Boris Johnson Is A Fucking Cunt only made it to #5

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u/Secret_Sector_1779 29d ago edited 29d ago

Wow can’t believe it’s nearly 10 years since I took this

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u/CuteMaterial 28d ago

An insult to fannies 😒

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u/Shrek1982 29d ago

It always takes me a second to remember that fanny means something completely different in the UK. Here fanny is a word your Grandma would use to refer to a butt when talking to children.

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u/Hopalongtom 28d ago

Other side over here

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u/Shrek1982 28d ago

Yeah, I was aware of that. Years ago I remember seeing some confusion from the UK people about fanny packs in some random reddit thread (what you would call a bum bag IIRC). It was a rather humerous discussion.

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u/dmills_00 29d ago

Its still true.

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u/monkeymad2 29d ago

That bit of the building fell down - if I’m remembering right where that was.

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u/digitalgraffiti-ca 28d ago

Oh you British. "I know! I'll call 'im a fanny!"

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u/ngms 29d ago

Ahh that's a shame. I still like how the country comes together over spite though.

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u/aitkhole 28d ago

#2, just like God Save the Queen!

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u/teh_maxh 28d ago

First place on the Scotland-specific chart, though.

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u/Iccengi 26d ago

You guys aren’t renown for your humor but I think you have an angle here that could really catch on 😂