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What’s your best Essex Girl joke? (www.jokebuddha.com)

submitted 10 months ago by RustedSwitch@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I from the US, just learned about these today, and had a chuckle.

an essex girl was driving down the A13 when her car phone rang. it was her boyfriend, urgently warning her "treacle, i just heard on the news that theres a car going the wrong way on the A13. please be careful!" "its not just one car!" said the essex girl "theres hundreds of them!"

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[–] ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

You're right. But add rich and disconnected too. I've never been, but I think Essex is Beverly Hills with bad weather.

Edit: I love being corrected here. I can't believe how wrong I was. If anyone is interested in the post-mortem of this disinformation, I love British panel shows and hate reality TV. So jokes about The Only Way is Essex completely blend together with Made in Chelsea. I think I thought they were the same because my brain turns off when reality TV comes up.

[–] anothermember@lemmy.zip 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I wouldn't go that far, there's not a snobbishness associated with Essex people that I imagine there is with Beverly Hills (though I've never been to Beverly Hills). There is classism in the stereotype but people from Essex are generally looked down upon, not (so much) the other way round.

[–] ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Thanks for the insight. I've never been to the UK. I was basing it on how I contextualize jokes on 8 out of 10 Cats about The Only Way is Essex.