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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 96 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Explanation: In the early 1970s, the Conservative government of the UK ended free milk for schoolchildren under the lead of their education minister. Kicking off a career of petty harassment towards the impoverished and vulnerable with a startling opening salvo, Margaret Thatcher, Milk Snatcher, would later go on to become a long-serving British Prime Minister on the strength of her small-minded cruelty and hatred of the poor.

HOWEVER

Those British children don't know what TRUE loss is, unlike French children, who were no longer served wine in schools by order of the French Ministry of Health from 1956 onwards. 😭

[–] frosch@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Thanks, now I’ve got

Margaret Thatcher, Milk Snatcher!

Stuck in my brain like some kind of children’s rhyme

[–] Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 week ago

It was generally Maggie Thatcher the milk snachter as the rhyme.

Source: my mother.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

During her diabolically evil reign as the British PM some of the press dubbed her "thatcher thatcher, Milk Snatcher".
Which is far more polite than she ever deserved.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the children yearn for the wines

[–] altasshet@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

But most importantly, mines.

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What's that? An excuse to post one of my favourite videos? Don't mind if I do!

https://youtu.be/ZGyDMRKDaSc&t=88s

Part maga for the video might be coming soon.

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why even go to school when there ain't no wine?

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

Brits obv did it for the milk for a while.