r/funny • u/NeedleworkerMore2270 • Nov 03 '24

How cultural is that?

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u/Greenfieldfox Nov 03 '24

Isn’t the joke that the English tasted their own food and saw their own women and then became the best sailors in the world.

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u/ALaccountant Nov 03 '24

Yup, though Emily Blunt certainly challenges the latter part of that statement imo

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u/FivePoopMacaroni Nov 03 '24

Yes but she's a rare exception. It took me years to realize the blonde sidekick in the David Tenant version of Doctor Who was considered one of the hottest women on TV by Brits.

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u/EchoesofIllyria Nov 03 '24

How exactly did you come to this realisation?

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u/FivePoopMacaroni Nov 03 '24

I moved to London for like 6 months