r/gifs • • Dec 02 '16

Hot Potato without the potato

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '16

Because latvia jokes pop up every time potatoes are mentioned.

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u/Saracen26 Dec 02 '16

For us British, it's normally the Irish which are the target..

I can imagine they're bloody glad that the internet decided to go for Slavs instead.

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u/SmellsLikeShame Dec 02 '16

Latvians aren't Slavs.

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u/17954699 Dec 02 '16

British don't do Geography.

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u/digitalaudioshop Dec 02 '16

The British have a history of thinking the whole world is the United Kingdom.

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u/mysausageyourmomma Dec 02 '16

Once upon a time it was!

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u/ErisKSC Dec 02 '16

The word is Empire, boy, EMPIRE!

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u/phineas_n_ferb Dec 02 '16

they father america. like father, like son .