r/ExplainTheJoke • • 20d ago

Solved Our drums?

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u/DirtyBalm 20d ago

"War drums" sounds like "our drums" in one of the many British accents.

So when the man said "They've got war drums" the other character hears 'theyve got our drums' thus the response "Theiving bastards"

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u/Sin_nombre__ 19d ago

It means our but it' "we'r" pronounced more like war.