• @ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
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    178 days ago

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

    • @Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com
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      87 days ago

      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

      • @rwtwm@feddit.uk
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        17 days ago

        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.

      • @ohulancutash@feddit.uk
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        7 days ago

        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.