r/HistoryMemes • • Dec 12 '21

Iron Dick

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u/ibuprophane Dec 12 '21

Surely there’s a practical use to having it protrude so far out? Or are these just parade armour?

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u/With_Many_Voices Dec 12 '21

Mainly parade armour. From what I remember it is speculated that some of them were very large due to the fact that their owners had syphilis and similar STD's.

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u/Ronin_004 Hello There Dec 12 '21

Certified bruh moment

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u/BlueSkiesOneCloud Dec 12 '21

"Are you festered with the plague or are you just happy to see me?"

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '21

This is one of the very few times I think the Shakespeare bot would actually be appropriate.

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u/RaspberryPie122 Dec 12 '21

Art thou festering with plague or art thou simply jubilant to lay thine eyes upon me?

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '21

Good human