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Image description: A road sign reads: Welcome to Scotland
The grass has been mowed up to the sign, and no further.
Caption: England can cut their own fucking grass


(Originally published earlier today on aus.social)

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[–] ifilipau@mas.to 28 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Related. (One of my fav political quotes.)

[–] arken@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

I had to look up a source for this quote: www.scotsman.com/news/…/the-diary-2508490

Apparently it was said on radio, but it’s quoted in the article.

[–] BigMoe@lemmy.zip 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Admittedly I’m from the US, but from what I remember watching a Last Week Tonight episode about Scotland wanting to breakaway, and seeing how they tend to be treated by UK leadership, I totally get it. I think it’s more than fair that England cut their own grass

[–] three@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Besides where would you stop if you started cutting on the English side?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 1 points 8 months ago

With a monarch?

[–] BigMoe@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago

Maybe just tell them you will only cut the Scottish side and cut an additional meter or 2 every time (moving the sign each time of course)

[–] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

In the US is really common to have the actual road turn into a pristine asphalt ribbon or into a Sarajevo-in-the-90s pot holed mess as you cross county or state lines.

[–] AngryishHumanoid@reddthat.com 3 points 8 months ago

Funny but as has been pointed out before they both mow their own sides and probably on different days.