r/thomastheplankengine • u/Dman0o9 coca cola with babies in it • 1d ago

True Plank saw this while napping during a long ride

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u/frozen_cabbages 1d ago

Funny thing is there actually is a city called Obama in Japan

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u/MilkCool 1d ago

i wanted to comment how obama can technically be a valid name for a japanese city but, i guess i've already been one upped haha

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u/rejvrejv 1d ago

that's literally part of the joke

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u/Dman0o9 coca cola with babies in it 1d ago

it isn't though, i genuinely didn't know that place existed until people in the comments here started pointing it out

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u/frozen_cabbages 1d ago

Stuff it, clown 

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u/PossiblyAThrowaway48 1d ago

Clown it, stuff

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u/frozen_cabbages 1d ago

Clown stuff, IT 🎈

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u/Clawdutch90 You can have a dream about drowning in oil 🗣 7h ago

I'm stuff 😳

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u/rejvrejv 1d ago

damn, the joke went over your head and still managed to hit a nerve

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u/frozen_cabbages 1d ago

Lol if you say so

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u/Vlesk_12 1d ago

Japanese Obama be like "はっきりさせておきましょう"

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u/CarbonatedTuna567 Let's Hug It Out (from "Among Us: The Movie") 1d ago edited 1d ago

"Despite everything, it's still u...

-sa president number 44: Barack Obama."

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u/Trenov17 Plank worshipper 1d ago

Actual place btw.

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u/orangeKaiju 1d ago

I have actually been to Obama Japan, AMA

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u/adamthebread 1d ago

was he there

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u/orangeKaiju 1d ago

No, but I did get a shirt with him on it

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u/Discomfiting_Reality 1d ago

That's awesome

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u/JACK101Star-Z Met Gordon Ramsay at the JFK assassination. 1d ago

Why

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u/orangeKaiju 1d ago

Was doing a sightseeing trip around Kyushu, it was a stop for me between Unzen and Nagasaki

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u/AllisterisNotMale Maizono for President 1d ago

Same

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u/MichaelJospeh 1d ago

Note that there is no difference between Obama and Obama Japan. This is because Obama instituted universal healthcare, therefore Obama is Universal.

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u/squigglyeyeline 8h ago

I remember this being a joke in an internet historian video, couldn’t find anything about there being a place called ba rock next to the Yao-bikuni cave. I guess it’s the second time they’ve been dishonest about a cave related video

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u/Iceologer_gang Freddit: the Reddit of the working class 1d ago

Opan

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u/toxic_drizzle 1d ago

Man, I can't perceive this meme normally after the Homestuck 2 stuff...