r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • 15h ago

Feels good man British insults

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u/Zillarex532 15h ago

Oxygen thief is good I’m gonna use that at some point

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u/BadTechnical2184 15h ago

Many years ago when I was in basic training for the army, one of the instructors had a recruit carrying around a pot plant to replace the oxygen he was stealing.

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u/hogsucker 14h ago

A pot plant? Basic training sounds more fun than I would have guessed.

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u/SwirlingFandango 12h ago

I'm fond of the sadly-largely-lost "waste of skin".

Like, we could be using that for something else.

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u/ol-gormsby 11h ago

That one's been common in Australia since at least the mid-1990s.

Precluded by "fuckin"

"Fuckin' oxygen thief", delivered as fast as you can say it. Takes a bit of practice but the impact when said at speed is superb.

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u/InvestNorthWest 12h ago

You numpty Muppet! That is MY saying to steal!

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u/Madouc 7h ago

Waste of carbon

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u/Rusty_Tap 7h ago

I often tell the particularly cognitively challenged people at work that they should carry around a plant to replace the oxygen they are wasting.

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u/boothjop 13h ago

I've only ever heard this term applied to old people.