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And on that day in England, no f*cks were given (i.imgur.com)

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[–]BeatlesForSale 55 points56 points ago

Keep calm and carry on.

[–]lord_james 12 points13 points ago

This comment and you username are so British.

[–]hansn 4 points5 points ago

Stiff upper lip.

[–]casvs 1 point2 points ago

I'm pretty sure some fucks were given.

[–]Hybernative 2 points3 points ago

Enough fucks to level Dresden anyway.

[–]Pyro_With_A_Lighter 2 points3 points ago

7,800,000 lbs of fucks to be exact.

[–]imbignate 0 points1 point ago

Determination Level: British

...

This was the actual slogan and propaganda piece from the era. These signs were up all over London.

[–]irlande 4 points5 points ago

Um, I thought these posters were to be used in the event of invasion and were never actually put into circulation.

Pretty sure they were rediscovered in storage in the early 2000's. So think you're wrong to say they were up all over the place.

Edit: yup. (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_Calm_and_Carry_On#section_1)

[–]RaptorX7 33 points34 points ago

I am the Milkman. My milk is delicious. My employer has commissioned me to deliver this milk, to whitewash what went on here. I cannot rest until I have made my final delivery.

[–]fate_torn 12 points13 points ago

I came for this psychonauts reference.

[–]Nathan_BS 5 points6 points ago

It's fortified with what the world wants. What the world deserves.

[–]chazzeromus 0 points1 point ago

I thought it was from that one movie with Kevin Costner, about post-apocalyptic mailmen.

[–]bauxzaux -1 points0 points ago

I would like some milk from the milkman's wife's tits!

[–]moshthecows 1 point2 points ago

Oh dear, that takes me down the David Firth memory lane.

[–]deepinthesea -1 points0 points ago

upvoted as no one else gets the david firth reference!

[–]pachysyphilisaurus -3 points-2 points ago

but neither do you. it's an aphex twin reference.

[–]BoggleHead 1 point2 points ago

Apparently not.

[–]AppleAtrocity -1 points0 points ago

I guess other redditors have never heard that song before. :( I upvoted you bauxzaux.

[–]CtrlC_plus_CtrlV 58 points59 points ago

Great picture. And yes, London looked Nazi Germany straight in the eye and told them to fuck off, all while Hitler was sending Von Braun's rocket bombs into the city.

In the story "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", the reason the children were sent to live with their crazy uncle in the first place was because of the bombing of London. That's based on reality, parents were putting their kids on trains to live out in the country with relatives (or strangers!) so they could stay behind and run the factories that supported the war effort.

That's balls. Rule Brittania!

[–]guesto[S] 25 points26 points ago

His milkshake brought the evacuees to the yard. Jokes aside, as an American, I love this picture so much because it shows Englands true stubbornness. Stubbornness against Hitler to say "bomb us to death, but yield we will not", stubbornness to declare that war knowing they were a small island against the most powerful war machine ever assembled, but of course, my favorite: stubbornness to say "Are you done bombing? I've got milk to deliver, motherfucker". It's one of my favorite pictures of the era and all he has is a delivery of milk, yet the message is more powerful than most pictures of people with weapons.

[–]ThatGuyYouKindaKnow 14 points15 points ago

It always shocks me when other countries don't know about the evacuees or sometimes even assume that Britain/London didn't suffer much from the war. London wasn't done in as bad as France but we took a fair few punches and kept on fighting!

[–]AgentOfMisdirection 8 points9 points ago

I have uncles and an auntie that were all evacuated during the war. My grandfather wanted to sign up but they tried to talk him out because he'd worked his way up from a factory floor and was one of the few people that knew how to keep a factory running and could turn his hand from managing to fitting machinery and keeping it working. He saw most of his workmates leave for war and never return. He even managed to strike a deal where his wife, my grandmother, got to be evacuated with their kids to relative safety, so family-fortunate in that regard.

In return he stayed in the city (Manchester, London was not the only place to face a Blitz) and helped keep the factories alive, and at night he worked another shift again as a fire-fighter where he'd try to fight the fires from reaching the factories. Work all day, and then work all night until the fires were out and the raids were over, all to keep the factories operating.

It's true there was another story, another front, to the war

[–]nau02303 4 points5 points ago

The whole country had to tell the Nazi's to fuck off

London was attacked 71 times, Birmingham, Liverpool and Plymouth eight times, Bristol six, Glasgow five, Southampton four, Portsmouth three, and there was also at least one large raid on another eight cities

[–]taliesyn30 4 points5 points ago

My favourite evacuee book was Carrie's War. Made me cry.

[–]mad_world 0 points1 point ago

Watch the movie Hope And Glory http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0093209/ Fantastic story of the life of a kid in London during the bombing, and then gets evacuated to the country

[–]maher111 8 points9 points ago

Goodnight Mr Tom is my favorite, gets me every time. My Grandfather was an evacuee from London and had a much better standard of life than he did in the city. Made him fall in love with the countryside.

[–]xGiBbYv 2 points3 points ago

I love Goodnight Mr Tom!

[–]Lookmanospaces 27 points28 points ago

No. Many fucks were given, but people still got shit done.

They put out the fires, pulled the bodies and the survivors out of the rubble, and cleared the streets. Doctors and nurses tended to the wounded. Antiaircraft gunners stood by their guns. Fighter pilots stood ready to scramble. Milkmen delivered the milk.

People kept working. People kept fighting.

This man delivered the milk in the middle of chaos, because it was his fucking job. Look in his eyes and tell me he does't give a fuck. Those eyes are full of sorrow. But his upper lip is really fucking stiff.

Though his city lay in ruins, the milkman fucking delivered.

[–]guesto[S] 1 point2 points ago

Precisely WHY he didn't give a fuck. He wasn't the type to say "well, I'm not going out there, it's pointless." His mindset was "I don't give a fuck HOW many bombs they drop or how many of us they run into the subway, there's a job to be done. We don't back down, and we don't make excuses, now here's some vitamin D and Calcium, and fuck Germany"

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

No. He gave a fuck and to suggest he didn't belittles his dedication to his job. Read the post above yours again. It's a really good post. But this time be open to changing your opinion.

And bear in mind that "no fucks were given" is a really fucking annoying meme and there are better ways to say what you meant.

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[–]ReverendSlack 8 points9 points ago

I wish the milk man would deliver my milk, in the morning
I wish the milk man would deliver my milk, when I'm yawning
I would like some milk from the milk man's wife's tits
I would like some milk from the milk man's wife's tits

[–]atomsAtoms_everywher 0 points1 point ago

Made me smile, a strange creepy smile....

[–]mdeeemer 19 points20 points ago

I'm pretty sure a couple of fucks were given.

[–]sparton192 6 points7 points ago

I'm pretty sure a lot of fucks were given.

[–]readsyouruserhistory 0 points1 point ago

Nah, they were all blown up.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

As usual when people say "no fucks were given" the OP is just being silly. The post is saying "look at this person stoically continuing with his life despite adversity; he obviously doesn't care that his city is being bombed". He does, and that's what makes the picture powerful.

"No fucks were given" is one of the things I always downvote for. For some reason, though, Reddit eats this shit up.

[–]Fish_fish_Box 5 points6 points ago

I remember hearing the story of this photo. If I remember correctly the milk man was actually the photographers assistant. The government kept a tight lid on any images released showing destruction of London for morale reasons. To get past the censor they dressed the assistant up as a milk man showing triumphant defiance when in fact the image shows the horrible destruction inflicted by the Nazis.

[–]snowy247 9 points10 points ago

This is so typical of our British attitude. 'What Bomb?'

[–]TheBestBigAl 12 points13 points ago

Reminds of when the buses and underground were bombed a few years ago. Londoner: "Why is the bus late?".
Bus guy: "Well yesterday it was kind of...blown up". Londoner: "Do I look like I give a shit? I need to get to work".

First rule of being British, if you go on and on about it you let the terrorists win so don't do it. Unless they touch your tea, then you have to go fucking crazy (see: write a strongly worded letter).

[–]BeatlesForSale 3 points4 points ago

I heard a slightly different version

Guy 1: The bus is late again!

Guy 2: It got blown up!

Guy 1: Bloody typical...

[–]starlinguk 3 points4 points ago

The milkmen are still awesome. Two winters ago my town's roads were all solid ice. The milkman would park on the main road and do all the (steep!) hills on foot. Because especially older people relied on him for milk, bread and eggs, and it was likely the only way they'd get some food.

[–]lil_buddha 2 points3 points ago

"I am the milkman; my milk is delicious"-The milkman.

[–]tragic-waste-of-skin 7 points8 points ago

Is this for real or shopped?

EDIT: Downvoted for asking a question? Fucking hell.

[–]Ftumsh 20 points21 points ago

Completely real. Londoners carried on. They used euphemisms. "Number 47 caught it last night", "ghastly business", "what a bore".

During the blitz my grandparents had an unexploded bomb land in their next-door neighbours' garden. It tunneled through theirs and came up in the garden on the other side. Before the bomb squad arrived to deactivate it, they all got together, put a hat on it and called it Fritz.

[–]tragic-waste-of-skin 7 points8 points ago

Blimey. Thanks for the clarification.

[–]Ftumsh 2 points3 points ago

You're welcome! BTW I upvoted you to counteract the naughty downvoter.

[–]guesto[S] 5 points6 points ago

This story deserves more attention. It really highlights why I love brits. Here's an upvote you hilarious-anecdote having bastid, haha.

[–]Ftumsh 5 points6 points ago

Got a lot more where that came from too. Sadly all my grandparents have died in the last ten years, well into their nineties, but all had mindblowing stories about the war.

While she was pregnant with my dad, my grandmother and her friends used to take picnics up on Harrow Hill and watch the Battle of Britain, cheering when the German planes went down, and booing if a British plane was hit, as if it were a ball game. Her husband was too valuable to see active service because he was designing the propellers for the Hurricane fighter.

On the other side of my family my mother's dad was out in the north Atlantic, at one point covertly sinking a private American cargo ship that was known to have armaments and plans destined for the Nazis. My grandmother followed him round the UK from port to port, eventually giving birth to my mother alone in an unfamiliar city and spending weeks living with a newborn baby in a flophouse, waiting for his ship to come in. She and my mother were eventually evacuated to Kent, and while they were in a butcher's shop they heard the buzz of a V1 flying bomb suddenly stop, and the butcher realised what was about to happen and pulled them down behind the counter. It exploded seconds afterwards and the plate glass windows burst in, lacerating all the meat in the shop, but nobody there had a scratch on them.

Ghastly business.

[–]guesto[S] 0 points1 point ago

That is really awesome. If you made a post filled with those stories, I'd gladly read it.

[–]manicleek 2 points3 points ago

Photoshop didn't exist back then.

[–]VileDevastation 1 point2 points ago

This is a real picture from WWII and shows the resilience of the people. This exact picture was in my history book in high school.

[–]tragic-waste-of-skin 1 point2 points ago

I wasn't aware of that hence the question.

Shows great courage on behalf of the milkman.

[–]I_Love_Waffles 2 points3 points ago

Milkman's gotta milk.

[–]Rajio 2 points3 points ago

Actually I'm pretty sure a LOT of fucks were given that day.

[–]IHv2RtrnSumVdeotapes 2 points3 points ago

when you have a lot of lonely housewives to fuck a little thing like a completely destroyed city will not deter you.

[–]cl0udaryl 2 points3 points ago

A true reflection of Britain's unrelenting character. When time's get hard, there's an uncanny ability in the United Kingdom that unites everyone. The real humor behind it is, usually we're quite critical of each other.

[–]SirWilly77 2 points3 points ago

What the hell is that in the background?

http://i.imgur.com/qOLNL.jpg

[–]ILL_Show_Myself_Out 1 point2 points ago

Hater's gonna bomb.

[–]gsettle 1 point2 points ago

At least ONE fuck was given in the form of "FUCK YOU nazi bastards!"

[–]txn9 1 point2 points ago

that's how Britain survived. by keeping the milk flowing with a smile :>

[–]used_bathwater 1 point2 points ago

'Milk molotov'

[–]maher111 1 point2 points ago

Relevant

[–]Highlighter_Freedom 1 point2 points ago

This is a new class in the next WWII shooter.

[–]troves 1 point2 points ago

Hitler made two mistakes: the Eastern Front and trying to get between an English man and a nice cup of tea.

[–]WitchHunterNL 2 points3 points ago

He reminds me of the Medic

[–]CanadianTomFoolery 0 points1 point ago

Man's got a job to do.Job don't stop because bombs.

[–]ramfry 0 points1 point ago

To be honest we really don't care any day.

[–]HiddenText 0 points1 point ago

"Ha ha, they paid me in advance!".

[–]santaliqueur 0 points1 point ago

TIL Tim Roth was a milkman

[–]soopsoopa 0 points1 point ago

Touching

[–]Dookiestain_LaFlair 0 points1 point ago

Reid Flemming: World's Toughest Milkman

[–]Dee_tawb 0 points1 point ago

Bombing our cities just made our resolve that bit stronger.

[–]dancing_raptor_jesus 0 points1 point ago

Since when have we given fucks? I don't remember this?!

[–]mousachu 0 points1 point ago

I think his facial expression is the most intriguing part of this image. Makes you wonder what he's actually feeling as he walks through the rubble.

[–]opaeoinadi 0 points1 point ago

Snow, sleet, war or rain, the milkman must get through.

[–]Silverstance 0 points1 point ago

Meanwhile in USA

[–]phlid0r 0 points1 point ago

aah milkies and (old-school) posties... Truly a breed apart!!

[–]Shippage 0 points1 point ago

What a stupid title.

[–]-TheBender- 0 points1 point ago

MEDIC

[–]BurningSquid 0 points1 point ago

Perfectly exemplifies "Keep calm and carry on"

[–]keitarofujiwara 0 points1 point ago

Hah! Everybody's real dad.

[–]Remus117 0 points1 point ago

Milkman the morning after a night bombing "Fuck it, people are going to get their dam milk today.."

[–]RicheTheBuddha 0 points1 point ago

See the upper lip?

That fucker is STIFF.

[–]twatzillawaffle 0 points1 point ago

Am I the only one who detects a hint of a smirk on this guy's face? He's totally thinking "Oh no, I think this rubble from the bombs has scuffed my wellies. Damn."

[–]auroraborememalice 0 points1 point ago

Got milk?

[–]pikeybastard 0 points1 point ago

The blitz ironically was how the uk kept going despite being aerially outnumbered In the Battle of Britain. When the Luftwaffe switched its bombers to bombing civilian targets rather than airfields it gave the RAF a greater chance to keep throwing planes in the air. When told that the Luftwaffe was bombing London Hugh Dowding, head of the RAF, is claimed to have said 'thank God'.

[–]Pyro_With_A_Lighter 0 points1 point ago

If i remember correctly some high ups in the RAF claimed that if they kept bombing airfields for another week germany may of won the battle of Britain.

[–]sandman91 0 points1 point ago

A screaming comes across the sky...

[–]bigbear343 0 points1 point ago

People still need their cow juice

[–]CakeSmasher 0 points1 point ago

This picture was actually faked by the British government as propaganda.

[–]Fish_fish_Box 0 points1 point ago

If you see my comment below it was actually faked for the opposite reason, to get past the propaganda censors.

[–]zerbey 0 points1 point ago

And that's exactly how people behaved during WWII. No fucking way that silly little Austrian and his cronies were going to keep them down. A shame we can't still have that sense of community and resilience.

[–]Psicrow 0 points1 point ago

I am the Milkman. My milk is delicious.

[–]superanth 0 points1 point ago

There are many bottle racks like it, but this one is mine!

[–]OgodHOWdisGEThere 0 points1 point ago

'keep calm and carry on'

and these days we panic if some celebrity gets in an argument. If we din't get what we want for Christmas. if our fast food is soggy.

I say we put those signs back up.

[–]mqduck -1 points0 points ago

Yeah... I'm pretty sure they gave plenty of fucks.

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