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The British can make almost anything funny, and the best part is that they don’t even have to try very hard. Someone could be having the worst day of their life, make one dry little comment about it, and now, everyone’s laughing. Their humor has a way of sneaking up on you, especially when they deliver a ridiculous joke with the same expression they’d use to order a sandwich.

Today, we’ve rounded up the hilarious memes that capture the wonderfully cheeky side of British humor, from everyday situations that feel a little too familiar to jokes that might fly right over your head if you’re not paying attention.

So grab a cup of tea, get comfy, and scroll on for a good laugh. You might even find yourself reading some of these in your best British accent.

#1

Humorous British tweet about eating meals from least favorite to favorite part

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CJandMuse
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14 hours ago

Doesn't everyone do this

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    Tweet about feeling uncomfortable unwrapping gifts relates to dog behavior humor

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    Bunny Wood
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    9 hours ago

    Woof

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    #3

    Bucket filled with coins from getting upset over minor things dry humor joke

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    sbj
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    11 hours ago

    It's Monday morning and if I were doing this the bucket would be overflowing by now

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    #4

    British government site humor shows problem message for UK

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    Charlie the Cat
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    11 hours ago

    Apology not accepted.

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    #5

    British dry humor joke about not getting up early even to pee

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    nut nibbler
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    11 hours ago

    OR you want to pee an hour before you are due to get up and then can't get back to sleep until 5 minutes before the alarm goes off.

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    #6

    Funny British dry humor tweet about waking up early and still having hours to sleep

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    sbj
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    11 hours ago

    One of the best feelings ever

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    #7

    Funny British joke about Canadian Olympic swimmer and glasses

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    Glix Drap
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    7 hours ago

    This is why I hate swimming so much.

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    #8

    Store aisle sign for biscuits and cheese biscuits with James Bond joke

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    7 hours ago

    Tanoy: "Biscuits, Cheese Biscuits to the condiments aisle where there seems to a bit of a pickle".

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    #9

    British dry humor about confusion over crisp flavors and colors

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    James016
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    9 hours ago

    Cheese and Onion is green and Salt and Vinegar is blue. This is the way.

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    #10

    British childhood pain from hitting head with elastic hair ties

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    PrettyJoyBird
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    14 hours ago

    We used to flick them across room like rubber bands, one of those hard glaas balls hit me in teeth.

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    #11

    Humorous British social media post about trying to re-fall asleep to get back to the same dream

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    Chihuahua Mama
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    10 hours ago (edited)

    It rarely works when you want it to. I've had the misfortune of resuming plenty of nightmares though

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    #12

    Man staring through KFC window with caption about grandmother not allowing KFC

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    les
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    7 hours ago

    at least its not pizza express

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    #13

    Tweet about scaring yourself for no reason with British dry humor

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    Boo
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    12 hours ago

    Tbh, I've never heard a British person use "y'all"...just saying.

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    #14

    Funny British dry humor meme about flatmates rewriting COVID test results

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    TheOneWithTheHat
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    11 hours ago

    Took me a second to figure out how a pregnancy would help here.

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    #15

    British dry humor packaging fail with mini vegan sausages labelled as pork by Tesco

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    Mike F
    Community Member
    14 hours ago

    I think I just had an aneurysm trying to make sense of that.

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    #16

    Echo Mic toy recalled with nostalgic British dry humor

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    Linda van A.
    Community Member
    8 hours ago (edited)

    Zoink! 😄

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    #17

    Wedding cake made of Greggs sausage rolls humor dry British joke

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    sbj
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    11 hours ago

    Heaven on earth!

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    #18

    British humor news headline about man hospitalized after eating 8kg donner kebab meat

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    LadySilk
    Community Member
    8 hours ago

    So the limit is 7.9kg then?

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    #19

    British humor wedding fail with best man speech joke about second wedding

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    nut nibbler
    Community Member
    11 hours ago

    End with "See you at the next one"

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    #20

    Funny tweet about silent letters and a silent house when mom is mad dry humor joke

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    Dawn Woolley
    Community Member
    13 hours ago

    If it's British, it's Mum

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    #21

    British dry humor joke with delivery truck crashed into house

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    Bunny Wood
    Community Member
    9 hours ago

    So, not the most exhilarating police chase, but s dramatic finish?

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    #22

    Text joke about chaotic first three days of new decade dry humor

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    Chilli
    Community Member
    14 hours ago

    Eh, when isn't Australia on fire?

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    #23

    British dry humor showing a person wearing a giant fish costume as clothes bought by mum

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    Bunny Wood
    Community Member
    9 hours ago

    Hmm i trout if thats an everyday tank top

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    #24

    Tweet pondering if the queen could identify Mario with British dry humor

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    Earthquake903
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    10 hours ago

    She probably can't do it now

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    #25

    Animated winter dance referenced with British dry humor humor

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    13 hours ago

    🎵Ra-Ra-Rasputin, lover of the Russian queen🎵

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    #26

    British dry humor with a meme of a shampoo bottle labeled Boris Johnson no more tiers

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    G A
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    6 hours ago

    Was funny once 5 years ago. Hardly up to date...

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    #27

    British Baking Show meme about selecting imperfectly shaped baked snacks

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    Ace
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    7 hours ago

    Another non-British one. It's called the Great British Bake-off, not even sure why, but the Americans renamed it.

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    #28

    Funny British humor with a phone screen showing a search on how to spell 'soyel'

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    Mike F
    Community Member
    14 hours ago

    And there's the French: soyelle

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    #29

    British joke comparing Theresa May's hair to Tresemmé shampoo bottles

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    Auntriarch
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    8 hours ago

    Whenever I hear Rod Stewart "Maggie May" I get this horrible mashup picture of two Tory PMs in my head.

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    #30

    Pedestrian crossing button humorously mistaken for an iPad in British dry humor joke

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    Divado
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    5 hours ago

    £139.99 or Best Offer Ebay uk

    #31

    British dry humor tweet about pretending to sleep at 3am while hiding a phone

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    Aroace tiger (she/they/he)
    Community Member
    6 hours ago

    Don't wanna deal with the "why are you still awake" questions

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    #32

    Tweet joking about a kid not behaving normally with vintage group photo

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    Cerulean
    Community Member
    10 hours ago

    Is that boris

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    #33

    Tweet about sibling dragging mother’s Sims character causing chaos

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    Boo
    Community Member
    10 hours ago

    Relatable lol.

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    #34

    British dry humor joke with Monsters Inc themed decorated door

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    CJandMuse
    Community Member
    14 hours ago

    Boo's door ✨

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    #35

    British humor meme about Calpol medicine being surprisingly tasty to children

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    Chilli
    Community Member
    14 hours ago

    When I was young I'd fake headaches so I could have the tasty kid's medicine

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    #36

    Humorous British dry humor meme contrasting public appearance and music choice in headphones

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    A girl
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    4 hours ago

    Slow grandma me grooving to the Ramones as I slide my car in to a parking spot at the grocers.

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    #37

    British humor tweet about privacy and phone usage

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    Cerulean
    Community Member
    10 hours ago

    Hilarious. I rolled on the floor at this amazing British humour. So dry! So bitingly witty! 😠

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    #38

    Growing up British meme featuring classic TV shows You've Been Framed and Hole in the Wall

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    Robert T
    Community Member
    3 hours ago

    Hell, I remember It's A Knockout, Beadles About and 3-2-1!

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    #39

    British dry humor shown by Tesco express with a person in a Tesco bag costume during coronavirus

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    Vexed Panda
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    14 hours ago

    This person could come to the US and fit in at any Walmart.

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    #40

    Funny British humor about mistaking air mattress for ice cream sandwich

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    Door Door
    Community Member
    12 hours ago

    Not british. 💷 £

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    #41

    British humor joke about parents locking car with child inside causing alarm to go off

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    Moltar
    Community Member
    8 hours ago

    these suck

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    #42

    Arguing through text humor about standing in one spot for 45 minutes British humor

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    John Legere
    Community Member
    5 minutes ago

    That is true anywhere in the world

    #43

    Funny British meme showing students happy during a fire drill at school

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    Mike F
    Community Member
    14 hours ago

    And remain in their assigned places at the mustering point.

    #44

    British humor meme about preferring frozen foods in 39-degree heat

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    Did I say that out loud?
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    13 hours ago

    Unfortunately this doesn't work in my local big Tesco. A few days over 30°c and the fridges/freezers pack up.

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    #45

    Softsoap hand soap bottle with clownfish illustration and dry humor caption

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    Door Door
    Community Member
    12 hours ago

    It's called Palmolive in the UK. Softsoap is the USA name

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    #46

    British dry humor meme comparing Gummy Bear song to 2000s kids' baby shark

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    Crystalwitch60
    Community Member
    7 hours ago

    Noooooo don’t need that ear worm eek,

    #47

    Chewing gum packs that shock when pulled causing trust issues British jokes

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    Julie S
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    6 hours ago

    Oh god yes.

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    #48

    Online sandwich game showing lunch ladies making burgers with dry humor

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    Saj
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    11 hours ago

    Dinner ladies.

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    #49

    British humor meme mocking WHSmith's expensive Dairy Milk chocolate pricing

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    Fat Harry (Oi / You)
    Community Member
    9 hours ago

    If it says £1 on the packet, that's what they have to sell it at.

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    #50

    Text joke about friendship as a Christmas gift renewing membership humor

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    Did I say that out loud?
    Community Member
    13 hours ago

    Fúck it! I forgot to cancel again.

    #51

    Image of underrated British Milky Way magic stars and crispy rolls candy

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    Howl's sleeping castle
    Community Member
    8 hours ago

    Is there a hidden layer of humour that I am clearly missing?

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    #52

    British dry humor joke about cringing over past stupid actions

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    Cerulean
    Community Member
    10 hours ago

    Wit!

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    #53

    Tweet about being single due to missed New Year's ski karaoke with strangers

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    Nea
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    8 hours ago (edited)

    How many wrongs ( non british, non humour, non relevant or dated and on n on…) can you do in one post BP?

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    #54

    British dry humor meme involving math challenge on a bus

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    Glix Drap
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    7 hours ago

    Pick a number between 12 and 14.

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    #55

    British dry humor with dog portrait mistaken for hacker from CBBC

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    Robert T
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    2 hours ago (edited)

    The lovely Carol Kirkwood always had trouble with Hacker. :D

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    #56

    Dry humor meme about UK schools using yellow corrugated cardboard for displays

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    Jill
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    1 hour ago

    Fairly prevalent in US schools....in the 1980s.

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    #57

    Collage representing hectic year 2021 for UK with images of British public figures

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    Chilli
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    14 hours ago

    Thank you for this very topical meme, BP.

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    #59

    Smarties Buttons chocolate candy touted as the best thing in 2020

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    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    3 hours ago (edited)

    Why do I suddenly want these horrible looking things

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    #60

    Text joke comparing British Shakespeare to modern Roadman slang humor

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    Jennyt
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    7 hours ago

    Both a poetry

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    #61

    British joke about monarchy and royal trial with rice and beans

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    Zatetic
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    12 hours ago

    Not beans and toast?

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    #62

    Tweet about British children's entertainment peak with men repeating word bogies in museums

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    James016
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    9 hours ago

    It was "To me" "To you" actually.

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    #63

    Tweet about men throwing football themed weddings dry British humor

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    Elspeth
    Community Member
    5 hours ago

    They don't get legally married on Don't Tell The Bride though as the "weddings" don't conform with UK law. The couples have to agree to legally marry in a registry office either before or after the show.

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    #64

    British dry humor joke featuring puppeteer and puppet from Love Island

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    Chihuahua Mama
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    10 hours ago

    Don't know who this is but why does his head look like it's not attached to his body?

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    #65

    British humor meme about iconic Alberto Balsam raspberry shampoo and conditioner

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    Robert Millar
    Community Member
    5 hours ago

    New smaller edition, of course

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    #66

    News snippet about Dani Harmer returning as Tracy Beaker in new TV adaptation

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    Julie S
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    6 hours ago

    I feel so old.

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    #67

    Collage comparing 12 year olds then and now with British pop culture symbols

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    James016
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    9 hours ago

    When I was 12, the family computer was a BBC Micro and I had an original Game Boy.

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    #69

    British cartoon humor with Charlie causing childhood gender confusion

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    Janet L
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    10 hours ago

    What did you decide?

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    #70

    Lost property at British school with jumpers, shoes, gym bags, and water bottles

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    Julie S
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    6 hours ago

    Didn't have water bottles when I went to school, we had water fountains.

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    #71

    British dry humor sign reading the cooperative food store

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    Boo
    Community Member
    10 hours ago

    And spend an eye-wateringly amount of money for 3 items.

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    #72

    British primary school joke featuring a SMART board screen message

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    Maya_D
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    9 hours ago

    I went to a British primary school long before they had computers.

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    #73

    Social media post showing box full of Hellmann's garlic herb sauce bottles as a funny Christmas present

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    nut nibbler
    Community Member
    11 hours ago

    Nice on chips/fries.

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    #74

    Tweet about being concerned over not having enough outfits for sixth form

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    Julie S
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    6 hours ago

    Oh the struggle was real. Going for a uniform to being able to wear your own clothes. I suddenly had to make decisions.

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    #75

    Nostalgic meme referencing learning a game technique with a brown character

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    Roxy222uk
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    3 hours ago

    Too old to know what the heck that's a reference to

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    #77

    Humorous tweet about a*******n to using certain emojis British social media humor

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    Never Snarky
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    11 hours ago

    Why would I want to stop?🙃

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    #78

    Humorous tweet questioning if viewers are as old as the Elefun game toy

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    Zatetic
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    12 hours ago

    I gave one as Christmas present to my daughter.

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    #79

    Funny tweet about 2021 being only four months away baffling readers

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    Chilli
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    14 hours ago

    Wow, another super duper current meme! Thanks, BP!

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