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		switch007 on March 14, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The School Car Pickup Line Is a National Embarrass... 4 miles? Luxury. I used to dream of walking just 4 miles to school. I had to walk SIXTEEN miles in the wet, cold snow AND pay teacher for permission to come to school! (edit: It's the Four Yorkshireman sketch. A joke, people...)

gizajob on March 14, 2025 [–]

School?!? Well fiddledeedee which luxury part of Yorkshire are you from?

When I were a lad I used to walk sixteen miles just for a kick up the arse and then have to walk home again to work under t’spinning machine at t’mill for the other 14 hours of the day.

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