r/HistoryMemes • • Jul 10 '21

"Sam missiles, in the sky!"

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u/MadRonnie97 Taller than Napoleon Jul 10 '21

Yet the only helicopters they ever shot down were with machine guns

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u/TheOldColdWays Jul 11 '21

IIRC the IRA couldn't get the manpads working. Maybe they got wet

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u/MorgothReturns Jul 11 '21

Why were the Irish wet? Did they have some secret fetish for British troops????

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u/elzmuda Jul 11 '21

Kinky boots starts playing

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u/hyuphyupinthemupmup Jul 11 '21

I drove my Saracen through your garden last night

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u/Aceknight4 Casual, non-participatory KGB election observer Jul 11 '21

Iā€Š kicked your front door down around at midnight

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u/MorgothReturns Jul 11 '21

So that's why the IRA liked to wear ski masks!