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[–]dicknipples 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

The British system is too kind to people like this, IMO (if we consider the eligibility for parole in a few years). And part of me wonders if he did this in order to be sent to a women's prison. The BBC noted that he expected to go to a women's prison, but that's unlikely to happen.

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The British system is too kind to people like this

I do love to point at you Brits and laugh, but its somehow less funny when we are doing the same thing

[–]dicknipples 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Awe man - self-deprecation is a standard in Britain, unlike I've heard in the US, but I cannot find a Brit standup bit on Youtube to prove my point at the moment. There are however lots of Americans who are good at it, the absolute best of them being Joan Rivers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dauUOqte7Bo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhGpUiMINx8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy5ORU0EBnk