▲ 262 ▼ Liz Truss leaves stage over ‘I crashed the economy’ lettuce banner (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by Gsus4@mander.xyz to c/world@lemmy.world 36 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 41 points 2 years ago (1 child) They suppressed free speech... by speaking. I don't really get the joke, though. Lettuce? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gsus4@mander.xyz [S] 72 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) There was a bet at the time she came into office that she would last less than an iceberg lettuce because of her outrageous policy proposals. She lasted 45 days before the pension funds collapsed and she was replaced, meanwhile, the lettuce persevered in its side dish career. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 2 years ago (2 children) Hahaha! The real joke is in the comments. That's amazing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Hazzia@infosec.pub 28 points 2 years ago There was a livestream of the lettuce and everything. It was great. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 years ago The lettuce. It's great because it started out as a sarcastic joke, but as her premiership progressed, there was a sense of dawning hilarity as we realised that she actually wasn't going to outlast the lettuce. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz [S] 72 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) There was a bet at the time she came into office that she would last less than an iceberg lettuce because of her outrageous policy proposals. She lasted 45 days before the pension funds collapsed and she was replaced, meanwhile, the lettuce persevered in its side dish career. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 2 years ago (2 children) Hahaha! The real joke is in the comments. That's amazing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Hazzia@infosec.pub 28 points 2 years ago There was a livestream of the lettuce and everything. It was great. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 years ago The lettuce. It's great because it started out as a sarcastic joke, but as her premiership progressed, there was a sense of dawning hilarity as we realised that she actually wasn't going to outlast the lettuce. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 2 years ago (2 children) Hahaha! The real joke is in the comments. That's amazing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Hazzia@infosec.pub 28 points 2 years ago There was a livestream of the lettuce and everything. It was great. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 years ago The lettuce. It's great because it started out as a sarcastic joke, but as her premiership progressed, there was a sense of dawning hilarity as we realised that she actually wasn't going to outlast the lettuce. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hazzia@infosec.pub 28 points 2 years ago There was a livestream of the lettuce and everything. It was great. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 years ago The lettuce. It's great because it started out as a sarcastic joke, but as her premiership progressed, there was a sense of dawning hilarity as we realised that she actually wasn't going to outlast the lettuce. permalink fedilink source parent