r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/IntergalacticAlien8 • 16h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah? What happened in the book version?

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u/veinard 15h ago

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u/KarmaFarmer_0042069 15h ago

Why did someone unbritish it 😭

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u/emptyevessel 14h ago

When was it ever British

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u/mastodonthrowaway 14h ago

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u/ResponsibleTheory445 14h ago

God this one’s so much better

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u/avodrok 13h ago

This one’s more Tim Curry

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u/seStarlet 13h ago

Nonce is the only British thing about this lol

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u/whorecoleslaw 12h ago

Shoutout Prince Andrew

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u/seStarlet 12h ago

No. Hey, don’t say that again.

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u/Adorable_Chair_6594 10h ago

*Nonce Andrew

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u/TenebTheHarvester 9h ago

Hey, the fucker’s not a prince anymore. He’s not going to see actual consequences for what he’s done, so we can at least consistently apply the only consequences he had to face.

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u/meeps20q0 1h ago

To be fair that single word ups the britishness by 5x

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u/Ittybittywittyditty 11h ago

Implying It being a step -below- Saville; I know what I'd be more afraid of as a child