▲ 782 ▼ Spot The Differences? (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 1 year ago by miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 35 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 1 year ago (2 children) It's not so much a show of force as an excuse to march in silly hats. There's a lot of legitimate flack we can take but this is just being goofy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago* The hats were made famous by a legendary Fr*nch regiment. When that regiment was given a damn good spanking, the British captured the hats, and started wearing them to taunt the Fr*nch. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rwtwm@feddit.uk 1 point 1 year ago Yeah but these are often accompanied by us flying all of our military aircraft over London. I think the analogy holds, even if ours is a bit eccentric. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago* The hats were made famous by a legendary Fr*nch regiment. When that regiment was given a damn good spanking, the British captured the hats, and started wearing them to taunt the Fr*nch. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rwtwm@feddit.uk 1 point 1 year ago Yeah but these are often accompanied by us flying all of our military aircraft over London. I think the analogy holds, even if ours is a bit eccentric. permalink fedilink source parent
