The new ruler of Great Britain

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33 Comments

kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 176 pts · 2y (10 replies)

Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government.

Cyclist@lemmy.world · 77 pts · 2y (7 replies)

Supreme executive power derives from a mandate of the masses.

toiletobserver@lemmy.world · 61 pts · 2y (6 replies)

Not from some farcical aquatic ceremony

CMDR_Horn@lemmy.ml · 46 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Look, if I were to go around saying I were an emperor just because some moisten bint lobbed a scimater at me, they'd put me away.

bobs_monkey@lemm.ee · 31 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system!

deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 28 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Help! I'm being repressed!

AVincentInSpace@pawb.social · 7 pts · 2y

Did you see him repressin' me? You saw that, didn't you?

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

They mean to win Wimbledon!

Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y

Mummy's turned into a Scotsman.

Taco2112@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 2y

I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!

disgrunty@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y

Hush, the pond folk have spoken! Their word is absolute.

AVincentInSpace@pawb.social · 40 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!...

...oh what the hell, can't be worse than royal succession

HowManyNimons@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y

We tried democracy but ended up with Truss and Johnson. I say we try sword-catching again.

Shard@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

I think that was a not-so-subtle dig at constitutional monarchies in general.

RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Fun fact: Arthur did pull Excalibur out of a stone, but then immediately broke it in a duel. I'm not even joking.

Sotuanduso@lemm.ee · 54 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I thought the sword in the stone and Excalibur were different weapons, and Excalibur was the replacement for when the other sword broke.

RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Your right, my bad. The sword from the stone was unnamed and it was broken in the duel.

blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y

Yeah isn't it some Caliburn and Exalibur. Most of my holy weapon name knowledge comes exclusively from the Fate Series lol.

https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur

Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y

Are we talking about Andúril, AKA "the flame of the west"?

iAvicenna@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y

Fake finding a sword in a lake.

Sell a rusty piece of metal on ebay for £5K

tquid@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 2y

As a Canadian I support having this specific image on our currency and coin

Spendrill@lemm.ee · 18 pts · 2y (1 reply)
Silentiea@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y

I mean I'm inclined to believe him, but has anyone found the listing of the sword for sale? Did a quick search and found a couple kinda similar-looking ones, but not quite the one she pulled out.

niktemadur@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y

Good for her, I can't think of a better, more wholesome type of internet fame than to be known as "the lady of the lake".

TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Looks like a montante or zweihander.

cashews_win@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 2y (2 replies)

That's what she said!

Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Wanna come over and polish my zweihandler? 😏

Leviathan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Hey everyone, this guy's only got a Zweihänder!

Hey, when you penetrate the invading Franc with your Zweihänder, does the invading Franc say "Is it in yet?"?

THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch · 11 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Looks like the enchantments have worn out a bit

OpenStars@startrek.website · 8 pts · 2y

I'm guessing climate change is the real winner here, bc it's not just a casual dry spell that unearths a 1000 year old sword.

SplashJackson@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y

Need more soul gems

MonkderZweite@feddit.ch · 7 pts · 2y

Only parts of GB, to be exact.

Btw, the image quality is a good indicator for how old a meme is.

cirkuitbreaker@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y

She would probably be better than Charles, tbh