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[–] [email protected] 149 points 11 months ago (5 children)

This is Rome. They say all roads lead to Rome, but actually none of the roads in the UK do. So I had to book a flight to get here. So that sayings not even true is it?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 11 months ago (2 children)

She could have driven there with the Eurotunnel no bother, though! Bit of a ride bit doable.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Everybody knows that goes to France and Rome is in Italy

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago
[–] rtxn 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You mean to tell me there are no road connections between the Eurotunnel's French exit and Rome?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago

Tell that to Cunk. Pretty sure her mate Paul went there once and he couldn't find it because all the signs were in french and he doesn't speak french, only english.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

You can go from France to Italy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Euro tunnel has a train track not a road. You don't drive through it, you take your car on a train.

[–] jaybone 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Don’t you guys have a tunnel?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The tunnel doesn't have a road through it.

[–] jaybone 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I bet you could get a car in there if you tried hard enough.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

You can get a car on the ferry or an airplane, that doesn't make it a road.

[–] AngryCommieKender 3 points 11 months ago

That's just because Londinium Bridge Fell Down

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I'm guessing it's a translation error: all roads lead away from Rome. It's an easy mistake to make.

[–] Dieterlan 71 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Remarkably easy to read in her voice. 10/10

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Ikr. I hear it

[–] [email protected] 37 points 11 months ago

This sounds like something Philomena would actually say!

[–] RizzRustbolt 37 points 11 months ago

We need more Cunk.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

They also invented dictators!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

They even invented the Romans

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

And organized crime

[–] Codandchips 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What have the Romans ever done for us...?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)
[–] Codandchips 3 points 11 months ago

Ok aqueducts, but else have the Romans done us?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Whoops, guess we'll have to boycott pizza and pasta now.

Potatoes for everyone!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Sorry, the potato is too german. We did a little fascism back in the day too, so that’s out as well.

Rice perhaps?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Potatoes originate from South America though.

Rice is problematic because Japan had a bit of a fascism problem, too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Rice was domesticated in China and Africa, I think he might be ok on that front.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Might wanna look up how many people died in China as a direct result of the communist revolution.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well, shit, good point. There was the whole sparrows thing too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

That reminds me…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Watermelons are safe.

[–] prayer 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Maybe they popularized fascism, but Marcus Garvey invented it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Holy shit, don´t let the Rastafarians see this!

[–] checcco 7 points 11 months ago

But that's not Italy, that's Vatican city 😅

[–] cuerdo 4 points 11 months ago
[–] xantoxis -4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I don't see why it's necessary to use this format to attribute a person's joke to another person who writes jokes. Like, the original guy is a humorist. It's his joke. Why bring Cunk into it? I have nothing wrong with Cunk but this is a weird way to use this format.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not on xitter so I may read cues wrong but the way I read it, the person who posted the Cunk attribution graphic was basically just saying "lol this reminded me of something Cunk would say."

I feel pretty sure that would have crossed my mind too reading that.

[–] xantoxis -1 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Sure, but it's also something the Brooks Otterlake account would say. I understand what the meme is doing, I'm saying it's unnecessary, in the same way these kinds of things do:

or adding "Nobody:" before your joke.

Just share the joke.

[–] Stamets 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Its unnecessary

Comedy does not follow logic or strict progression, otherwise every single comedian would be doing set up and punchline jokes and Norm MacDonald would have been shot in the head.

Comedy takes different forms for different people. Stop trying to press all comedy into your own personal mold.

[–] BluesF 3 points 11 months ago

The original joke is funny, personally I think imagining cunk saying it is funnier.

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