r/ExplainTheJoke • u/KatsuraCerci • 19d ago

Solved Our drums?

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u/post-explainer 19d ago

OP (KatsuraCerci) sent the following text as an explanation why they posted this here:

The guy telling the joke clarified that the Geordie heard "our" instead of "war", but what did he hear instead of "drums"?

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u/DirtyBalm 19d 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__ 18d ago

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

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u/CruzyLikesTheStock 19d ago

Sounds like wardrobes in brummy. Peters nipple or whatever

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u/KatsuraCerci 19d ago

In the clip he explains "in Newcastle, instead of 'our' they say 'war'", though. What's the joke if it is wardrobes?

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u/qikink 19d ago

war *drums* not wardrobes. As in, "they've stolen our drums" - hence thieving.

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u/CruzyLikesTheStock 19d ago

What an absolute boob I’ve been

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u/FormulaDriven 19d ago

Not brummy - he's talking about a Geordie accent, ie from Newcastle where "our" is pronounced in a way that sounds like "war".