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Keep Calm and Carry On. We’ve all heard this WW2 motivational phrase, right? Well, it seems that the British have never truly forgotten it and it shows, especially with the global coronavirus pandemic continuing to spread and the quarantine in full effect.

It looks like nothing, not even Covid-19, can dampen Brits’ sense of humor. Bored Panda has collected some of the most hilarious tweets to show you that Brits are hilarious no matter how bad the situation really is. So enjoy and remember to upvote your faves, dear Pandas!

The UK is currently in its fourth week of quarantine and Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been discharged from intensive care on Sunday. There might be some good news this Thursday, too because the government will review whether the situation is sufficiently under control to relax social distancing measures a bit.

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Kaisu
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe Londoners appreciate some peace and quiet and respect other people's need for peace and quiet by not starting a singalong

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It might seem peculiar that people are laughing and having fun while the coronavirus has killed more than 10,000 people in the UK. However, it’s incredibly important to maintain your sense of humor during a crisis. For example, British comedian and writer David Baddiel told The Atlantic’s Tom McTague that people always turn to comedy during difficult times. Even if that means poking fun at the coronavirus which some people can find offensive or insensitive.

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“People want jokes,” Baddiel explained. “Partly because jokes are a relief, and they take the edge off danger; partly because they are a way of processing the experience; and yes, partly because this is a massive shared experience. We can't really do much about these things, but we can laugh in the face of them. In a godless society, it's the one eternal victory we have.”

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same!!!! I thought he would take picture of me signing the package so Im just waiting there, with pen in my hand, smiling at him and he honestly looked so done with life :D

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Meanwhile, British Australian comedian Tim Minchin told McTague that he agrees with Baddiel’s conclusions. “We don’t laugh at scary things because we don’t understand their seriousness. We laugh because they’re serious. Making jokes gives us a sense of power over the threat.”

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Both comedians think that joking about serious things is not inappropriate. In their opinion, the people who talk about jokes being inappropriate are dealing with the situation by trying to control things in a different way.

“Their weapon is signaling their moral purity,” Minchin said before adding, “Both the clowns and the virtuous can at times be bores or boors or bullies.” In other words, both comedians and “serious” individuals have their pros and cons and neither is better than the other. But one thing’s for certain—not even 2020 will make Brits lose their sense of humor.

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Kaisu
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also he wasn't alive during the blitz so maybe don't compare the current situation to stuff you haven't even experienced

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Nea
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seriously, all i think nowadays is why dont we hav smart utensils that cook, clean and sort by themsleves. Why dont i hav a sepf cleaning house...why did we have to go to moon instead?

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Carrie de Luka
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like the sheep in the playgrounds and on the children's roundabouts.

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Nea
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am unusually nervous when i am on a video call, professional or ptherwise. I always lock myself in a room for such calls. If this happened with me, i would be very very disturbed for as long as i am going to see those people on call.

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Jayne Lister
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In New Zealand, our Prime Minister announced that both the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny are classified as Essential Workers providing Essential Services. Go Jacinda Arden!

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Hans
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, it is, because people rub it for a living abnd thereby fear their financial downfall.

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Chris Jones
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am with her 100%. The children missing school seem so odd to me, bless them. School must be a thousand times better than it was when I went. I lived on a farm in the a**e end of nowhere and didn't see friends during holidays so social isolation was natural. I had to play with my siblings!!! Yikes.

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Kaisu
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd take the UK one any day over celebrities singing Imagine in their mansions

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Chris Jones
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Tesco delivery guy told me... groceries and up to date news bulletins. What service!

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Rūta Pranaite
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4 years ago

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Lol this is sooo true, I actually threw a mini lame party last weekz... only my friends showdop who are my 3 cats, 2 dogs and 6 people

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am i the only one confused on why KENTUCKY fried chicken is in Britain?

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Erin
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To make banana bread, I would have to leave the house and go to the store to buy bananas. Also, I hate bananas and banana bread.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lord, the whole point of this tweet is lost when you blur it. It says "You are hores"

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In order to put it in the tub, I had to wash it, thereby contaminating my hands, but it was okay, because I washed my hands. Unfortunately, when I touched the taps to turn them on, I contaminated them, and after washing my hands, I contaminated my hands again when I touched the taps to turn them off. Oh, and everything in my house is contaminated and I've been unknowingly infected for weeks, because COVID-19 is like GLITTER!

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Chris Jones
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is what happens when you are an elitist snob who assumes you can't catch what the plebs get. I wish the nurses who cared for him had been the ones wearing the bin bags (but safe) instead of proper protective clothing but he will have had the best of everything and not seen the doctors, nurses and other hospital staff who are struggling.

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Phi
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, she trained you. And I'm sure, as every great teacher, her greatest accomplish is for you to be even better ;)

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Sel Bonda
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You trying to steel something inside that bottle! Why that odd look?!

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Sel Bonda
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yep, you all could download Ver 2.20 later this year. You all got lot of space vacated by deleting ver1.19

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Carrie de Luka
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did anyone do the clap for kids? Even the parents in my close WITH little kids didn't.

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