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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12878654

A pensioner has been caught on CCTV apparently spraying the word ‘b******’ onto the plinth holding a statue of Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female prime minister.

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Its installation was controversial and it has been egged and spat on – with some jokers even marking the statue as a public toilet on Google Maps.

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Cool. Crime but who cares.

Now the important question. Who the fuck paid 300k for a statue of her.

If public funds were involved. That's a fucking hanging offence.

If not. Tut tut typical sign of tory refusal to invest in mental health.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a bargain price for a public toilet these days.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah but when you shift in a public toilet. It takes it away.

So unless they gave they statue a realistic digestive tract.

Its a useless waste.

[–] Mannimarco 48 points 1 year ago

Someone marked the statue as a public toilet on google maps, now that is kinda funny

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That lady (the pensioner, not Thatcher) deserves either a rise in her state pension and/or a New Year honour, perhaps a Baroness....?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Replace the public urinal this pensioner graffitied with a statue in her honor.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Imagine building a statue to Margaret Thatcher in 2022

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Not all heroes use zimmer frames. But some do.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Would love to be a pensioner able to do petty crime with little repurcussions

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] NounsAndWords 17 points 1 year ago

*elderly woman

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

From the article:

A pensioner has been caught on CCTV apparently spraying the word ‘b******’ onto the plinth holding a statue of Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female prime minister.

Then the photo shows the word ending in a D

So what’s the word? Blowhard? Behead? Bedraggled?

What did the pensioner say?

[–] gex 10 points 1 year ago
[–] Fishbulb 4 points 1 year ago

Bastard I guess

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The rude word is given as:

‘b******’

I'm guessing it's ‘bollock’.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Probably BASTARD since we see D.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Definitely more probable than 'boobies'

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Incredibly based

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

More of this please!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Someone mail her more spray paint.
Better yet, have 20 gallons of magenta paint delivered to her.
We must encourage this new genre of art!

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Feels a bit late to be protesting her

[–] HonoraryMancunian 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But a fair time to protest the statue of her

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That's true

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