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[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 150 points 2 years ago (5 children)

This is Rome. They say all roads lead to Rome, but actually none of the roads in the UK do. So I had to book a flight to get here. So that sayings not even true is it?

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

She could have driven there with the Eurotunnel no bother, though! Bit of a ride bit doable.

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 42 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Everybody knows that goes to France and Rome is in Italy

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You mean to tell me there are no road connections between the Eurotunnel's French exit and Rome?

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 years ago

Tell that to Cunk. Pretty sure her mate Paul went there once and he couldn't find it because all the signs were in french and he doesn't speak french, only english.

You can go from France to Italy.

[–] Michal@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

Euro tunnel has a train track not a road. You don't drive through it, you take your car on a train.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don’t you guys have a tunnel?

[–] Michal@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The tunnel doesn't have a road through it.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I bet you could get a car in there if you tried hard enough.

[–] Michal@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

You can get a car on the ferry or an airplane, that doesn't make it a road.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

That's just because Londinium Bridge Fell Down

I'm guessing it's a translation error: all roads lead away from Rome. It's an easy mistake to make.

[–] Dieterlan@lemmy.world 72 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Remarkably easy to read in her voice. 10/10

[–] pythonoob@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Ikr. I hear it

[–] 520@kbin.social 37 points 2 years ago

This sounds like something Philomena would actually say!

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago

We need more Cunk.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

They also invented dictators!

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

They even invented the Romans

[–] spare_muppets@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

And organized crime

[–] Codandchips@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What have the Romans ever done for us...?

[–] Heterocephalus@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] Codandchips@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Ok aqueducts, but else have the Romans done us?

[–] VampyreOfNazareth@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

All hail the Holy Roman Empire apparently

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That was more the Germans, the Roman Republic invented dictators.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, the HRE was centuries later and way less cool. The only thing they had going for them was massive chins.

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the early morning laugh.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Whoops, guess we'll have to boycott pizza and pasta now.

Potatoes for everyone!

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sorry, the potato is too german. We did a little fascism back in the day too, so that’s out as well.

Rice perhaps?

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Potatoes originate from South America though.

Rice is problematic because Japan had a bit of a fascism problem, too.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Rice was domesticated in China and Africa, I think he might be ok on that front.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Might wanna look up how many people died in China as a direct result of the communist revolution.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well, shit, good point. There was the whole sparrows thing too.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 points 2 years ago

That reminds me…

Watermelons are safe.

[–] prayer@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe they popularized fascism, but Marcus Garvey invented it.

[–] Heterocephalus@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Holy shit, don´t let the Rastafarians see this!

[–] checcco@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

But that's not Italy, that's Vatican city 😅

[–] cuerdo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I don't see why it's necessary to use this format to attribute a person's joke to another person who writes jokes. Like, the original guy is a humorist. It's his joke. Why bring Cunk into it? I have nothing wrong with Cunk but this is a weird way to use this format.

[–] HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I'm not on xitter so I may read cues wrong but the way I read it, the person who posted the Cunk attribution graphic was basically just saying "lol this reminded me of something Cunk would say."

I feel pretty sure that would have crossed my mind too reading that.

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Sure, but it's also something the Brooks Otterlake account would say. I understand what the meme is doing, I'm saying it's unnecessary, in the same way these kinds of things do:

or adding "Nobody:" before your joke.

Just share the joke.

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Its unnecessary

Comedy does not follow logic or strict progression, otherwise every single comedian would be doing set up and punchline jokes and Norm MacDonald would have been shot in the head.

Comedy takes different forms for different people. Stop trying to press all comedy into your own personal mold.

[–] BluesF@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

The original joke is funny, personally I think imagining cunk saying it is funnier.

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