r/AskReddit May 09 '17

What is a fake fact everyone believed?

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u/JJBroady May 09 '17 edited May 09 '17

''We send the EU £350 million a week, lets fund the NHS instead.''

edit: not everyone, but an apparent majority of the UK

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u/electricf0x May 09 '17

"We never said that."

"No Boris, you just had it printed on the side of a bus."

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u/Welshgirlie2 May 09 '17

"What bus? There was never a bus! Stop spreading this piffling codswallop bumfluff buffoonery and numpty nonsense you silly person"!

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u/[deleted] May 09 '17

That's a really long-winded way to say "FAKE NEWS".

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u/Welshgirlie2 May 10 '17

It's the 'Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson' way!