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[–] Eric_Pollock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lmao I know where that sign is, passed it the other day with my grandmother in the car, and we both had a good laugh

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] smeg@feddit.uk 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I tried crossposting it but Mlem has a bug right now (I think it’s fixed in the beta). Have at it!

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

I'm already on the case!

[–] sjmarf@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it's the bug where the submit button is greyed out, you can work around it by adding a space to the title and then removing it again. That issue is fixed in the beta :)

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you, I thought I’d seen it was fixed in the beta but couldn’t remember if there was a workaround for now

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"What do you want to be when you grow up?"

"...hehe. hehehe."

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

"butt stuff!"

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

!nominativedeterminism@feddit.uk

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  • I shit

  • You shit

  • He/She/It shits

  • We shit

  • You (plural) shit

  • They shit

  • Captain Kirk shats

[–] SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

"Rectum. Damn near killed 'em"

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

A real shitpost

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The first place I ever saw a variant of this joke was in the back of a playboy mag in the late nineties in the dirty jokes section.