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BrikoX@vlemmy.net to World News@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

Liz Truss says being compared to a lettuce was not funny

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Liz Truss says being compared to a lettuce was not funny

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BrikoX@vlemmy.net to World News@beehaw.org · 2 years ago
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The former British PM thinks the obsession with a lettuce that outlasted her was ‘puerile.’
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  • Square Singer@feddit.de
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    Her mini budget wasn’t funny either, so I guess it balances out.

  • BrooklynMan@lemmy.mlBanned
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    Oh, I’m gonna have to disagree there.

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    Humour is subjective. Her awful performance and insane budget were not subjective.

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    “I don’t think it was particularly funny, I think it’s puerile,” Truss told Irish broadcaster RTÉ

    It can be both.

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    Lettuce everywhere were offended.

  • GraceGH@beehaw.org
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    Not only was it funny, now it’s even funnier.

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    2 years ago

    In the long list of “thing Liz Truss is wrong about”, this is one of the biggest.

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    Funniest thing she did

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    She made it 4.1 Scaramuccis so we should cut her some slack…

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    I don’t agree, it was hilarious.

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    just one more thing she’s wrong about

  • Strolleypoley@kbin.social
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    Lettuce agree to disagree, don’t be a prune about it!

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      “Don’t blame me, I voted ‘romaine’”

      • dave@feddit.uk
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        Yeah, Cos everyone says that.

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    Okay… it was, though.

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    I dunno man, I have a hard time giving any sort of give a shit about a world leader of the standing NATO hegemony getting a bit bullied.

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    Many Britons say that they can’t afford lettuce is not funny. And it’s not ‘puerile.’

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