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[–] noodle@feddit.uk 76 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She didn't compare to a lettuce. She actually lost to a lettuce.

[–] Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

And the lettuce didn't try to crash the economy. It was miles ahead of her.

[–] scrchngwsl@feddit.uk 42 points 1 year ago

Yet another thing she's wrong about

[–] ckempo@feddit.uk 37 points 1 year ago

I thought her being compared to somebody capable of leading the country was a laugh, too.

[–] Free_Radical@kbin.social 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How does she think the lettuce felt?

[–] FlanFlinger@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Less limp and lifeless than she was

[–] mustyOrange@beehaw.org 18 points 1 year ago

I sure thought it was funny

[–] Griffith@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I completely understand that for her it was not funny at all.

For everyone else, it was hilarious.

[–] lolpostslol@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I’m laughing right now, and everyone knows that denying something is funny just makes it funnier.

The only non-funny thing about this is that I can’t keep lettuce from spoiling in my fridge for a week, dunno what those people did

[–] Calcharger@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

Imagine all of the failures of your administration, and you take exception to the fact that your shelf date was compared to that of a vegetable.

If you weren't so bad at your job, the comparison wouldn't have been made. Work on it.

[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 13 points 1 year ago

She is only sore because we made her leaf.

[–] rameez@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Crashing the economy was not funny.

[–] jerome@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Liz Truss being bad at her job hurts real people.

[–] fyrd@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was so fecking unfunny.

Lettuce is tasty, healthy and useful. Liz was none of those things. It's a shame we spoiled the good name of lettuce.

[–] PelicanPersuader@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

The only thing thing they have in common is that lettuce helps you take a shit and Liz was shit.

[–] FlyLikeAMouse@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago

She shouldn’t’ve been so bloody lettucey then.

It was hilarious. Liz Truss and her policies were puerile.

[–] pasci_lei@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Because it was actually very funny.

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

No, it was hilarious.

There simply aren't enough bad things that can happen to Tories.

Lettuce should really not be insulted this way

[–] Timwi@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Sounds like somebody was... not amused.

[–] Datas_Cat_Spot@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] z500@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

It wasn't funny. It was fucking hilarious.

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

Well she is correct. Having a PM that compared unfaverably to a lettuce. Was far from funny and should never have been allowed to happen.

[–] yopyop@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

What about her "astonishing rise to power" ? a fabulous book

[–] KarsicKarl@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Absolutely agree.

No-one ever took the lettuce's feelings into consideration.

[–] TheUnicornOfPerfidy@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] StarkillerX42@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago

No it wasn't funny. It was EXTREMELY FUNNY. Then it was even funnier when the lettuce won.

[–] TheLazurus@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I'll be honest, I thought it was funny as hell.

[–] Beardedsausag3@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Your honour, I disagree.

[–] ten4@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

lettuce in her head rent free

[–] Naich@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

It was fucking tragic.

[–] Bloonface@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

It was unfair for the lettuce, which still hasn't recovered.

Emotionally anyway. Career wise, it's doing much better.

[–] Solaris1789@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Should have lasted longer than it

[–] atypicaloddity@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't trust her opinion on what's funny.

[–] doublejay3000@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] christophski@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's what happens when you make someone prime minister jsut because they're fit!

[–] lolpostslol@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

The lettuce is fit too

[–] ElectronSoup@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

awww, poor baby

[–] digdilem@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Just another thing she was wrong about.

[–] spamfajitas@kbin.social -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

puerile

Strong words for a person who thought running through a grain field was the naughtiest thing she'd ever done.

[–] kybernetikos@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

I think you're thinking of Theresa May. It's easy to mix UK prime minsters up, since they seem to change at a phenomenal rate.

[–] mannycalavera@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago