• ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    I feel like this should also count as a military parade cause all other descriptors I have for it are more embarrassing

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      It’s not so much a show of force as an excuse to march in silly hats. There’s a lot of legitimate flack we can take but this is just being goofy

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        Yeah but these are often accompanied by us flying all of our military aircraft over London. I think the analogy holds, even if ours is a bit eccentric.

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        The hats were made famous by a legendary Fr*nch regiment. When that regiment was given a damn good spanking, the British captured the hats, and started wearing them to taunt the Fr*nch.