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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was amazed just how true this is. There was a colossal head and arm of an Egyptian statue in the British museum, and a plaque saying the rest of the statue (body and legs) were still where they found it. Presumably because they were to heavy to take back.

[–] bappity 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

can confirm, queen is dead but I still say god save the queen out of habit

[–] Diprount_Tomato 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When your king is that old, it's wise to not get used to "god save the king"

[–] bappity 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I give him a couple years tops

[–] Diprount_Tomato 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not that I wish him to be dead, but he has been waiting for the crown for too long to actually enjoy a reign

[–] HardlightCereal -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] TheBat -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But the next monarch is King too.

[–] RedAggroBest 6 points 1 year ago

Sounds like Death needs to aim for a double kill. Been too long since Britain had a child monarch.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Here's the difference though. Tea leaves will actually drive the ants way.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

According to this, British people are ants as I am pretty sure that ants would enjoy the sweet beans on toast.

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

Although they'd probably prefer the sickly sugar water that Heinz come in, rather than the far superior Branston beans.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah British people are just a subset of weak ants, clearly.

[–] AnUnusualRelic 2 points 1 year ago

This requires some experimentation.

To the lab!

[–] Lowered_lifted 5 points 1 year ago

We need to do one for the continent where it's like France/Belgium/Netherlands Venn diagram with the neighbor's dog that they swear isn't racist but only barks at black people.

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

It's really not on at all that some countries still have their own cultural icons. They all need to be in the British museum where they can be conveniently appreciated.

[–] cmhickman358 4 points 1 year ago

"All ants are British 'cuz they colonize" -Dan Cummins

[–] poplargrove 3 points 1 year ago

Nah it was away from their colonies, thats how money gets made.

[–] Diprount_Tomato 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Everyone makes fun of the British museum, but am*ricans stole too, even entire fucking buildings

[–] samus12345 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And the first (colonial) Americans were originally British. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

[–] Here_in_Malaysia -5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wait, really? Can you tell me more? I don't know what to google.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Stole their entire country from the natives for a start.

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

That was kinda the British too... But there was plenty of bad colonial attitude to go around.

[–] Soggy 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dog, they were sent by the British to do explicitly that. You don't get to feign innocence.

[–] gmtom 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not really true. The early British colonies had a lot of peaceful trade and alliances with native tribes until the first Indian war. And even after the first Indian war, the British did nothing that could be considered even remotely close to the genocide of the Americans westward expansion.

[–] Soggy 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"...The British did nothing that could be considered even remotely close to the genocide..."

Except for the Boer concentration camps, the Irish famine, the Bengal famine, the partition of India...

[–] gmtom 1 points 1 year ago

i meant in north America before the revolution, but thats my bad for not being specfic.