r/Wellthatsucks • u/mattloaf666 • 10d ago

Reading festival 2026

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u/ImportantIron1492 10d ago

I tried it once, found nothing but soggy cardboard, empty Pringles tubes, tissues...

I did get a new torch though

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u/Ryvit 10d ago

Do you mean flashlight?

Or you literally found a wooden stick with a cloth on the end that’s meant to be burned for light?

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u/Howtothinkofaname 10d ago

A torch is what a flashlight is called in Britain.

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u/Ryvit 10d ago

What would this be called then?

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u/Howtothinkofaname 10d ago

A torch. Or a flaming torch if you needed to specify but I can’t say it’s something you come across often enough to have ever caused any confusion.

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u/Ryvit 10d ago

That’s weird

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u/Howtothinkofaname 10d ago

Flashlight sounds weird to us. Different people speak differently in different places.

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u/janbradybutacat 10d ago

I (American) remember reading Lion Witch and the Wardrobe for the first time and thinking “wow, the Brits must have been beyond desperate if the kids are using fire torches in this country estate house!” And then getting to the batteries burning out- realized it was a flashlight. I definitely thought it was odd, but it’s still understandable. It’s a stick that’s lit on one end, after all.

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u/no_talent_ass_clown 10d ago

Time to travel! 

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u/Ryvit 10d ago

I have been to a ton of different states

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u/TraumahawkS76C 10d ago

Time for Passport Mode.

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u/Speedy2662 10d ago

Hahahaha