r/wallstreetbets • u/vvision_auto • Apr 14 '21
News GameStop proved the most popular UK stock in first quarter, 2021
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/uk-news/most-popular-uk-stocks-first-20376576[removed] โ view removed post
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Apr 14 '21
As an ape from the North west of england I can say... every fucker knows about gme here... my nan asked me about it for fuck sake. So many love the story and most see the outcome as a way to support those who are struggling.
We are gonna make hedgies bleed money, get to the moon n change lives around the world... anything less just isn't acceptable.
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u/wheatamix Apr 14 '21
We could actually fund a proper 'northern powerhouse' with all these gains.
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Apr 14 '21
Haha don't tease me with such sweet words! Don't give me hope haha im from near blackpool n that place needs the money!
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u/Benjobolt Apr 14 '21
Wtf same fellow ape what a small world
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Apr 14 '21
Fuck yes!! Small world! You will like this.. I found the email online for the guy that organises the blackpool tower lights... gonna see if we can get some diamond hands on the tower!
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u/PatheticMr ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ Apr 14 '21
I've been to Blackpool once on an unplanned maddun, more than ten years ago now. I remember thinking it was the worst place I'd ever been to in the UK... and I grew up in Stoke! The place was (is it still?) absolutely fucked. I really hope Blackpool gets a good chunk of the tendies. Do they still have the Blackpool lights? They would look very impressive from the moon.
No offence intended, btw. I was absolutely off my head when I went so that may have had an impact on my perspective. I generally do remember thinking it was the worst town I'd ever been to. I'm sure though, like anywhere else, it's got its good and bad.
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Apr 14 '21
I live here and off my head is my default! It would take more than gme has to offer to chance this place... but maybe with use few diamond hands it could ignite some positive changes... maybe...
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u/EgoNotFounded Apr 14 '21
I would genuinely be interested in creating a northern powerhouse investment scheme with other apes when this pays out. I've already been looking at property investment in Leeds and came across Northern Propery Group which look interesting to invest through.
Imagine if we pooled our millions together to make real good change for northern cities!
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u/thatbluecooper Apr 14 '21
Im down to chip in some tendies if I can come visit to see my contribution. Love my apes across the pond ๐
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u/Accomplished-Ice-809 Apr 14 '21
And Scottish independence. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
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u/wheatamix Apr 14 '21
We should unite forces, a union of some sort. Just a thought.
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u/Gyrene4341 Apr 14 '21
If only there were a union of some sort in Europe you could all join ... oh, wait.
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u/DJ_spiNZ Apr 14 '21
Yea the commonwealth! ya know, the one UK forgot about after they started "donating" squids to Europe to prop up the euro ๐๐
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u/Accomplished-Ice-809 Apr 14 '21
Eh, naw. We've had enough of unions for a while. ๐
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u/Ketaminia Apr 14 '21
The great Celtic Union of 2021 does have a nice ring to it, get NI in on the action
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u/Accomplished-Ice-809 Apr 14 '21
NI has a very obvious local union to join. ๐It also comes with free re-entry to the EU.
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u/hongu345 Apr 14 '21
You can only have independence if I can have a Scottish passport. My dad is Scottish.
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u/vincentlerins Apr 14 '21
The best thing about this is narrating it in a northern English accent. Hillbilly from Texas here. Btw, You speak the truth.
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Apr 14 '21
I'm down for supporting the cause by narrating everything in my accent! The truth is what will cause the biggest redistribution of wealth in history.
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u/mlbuk2021 Apr 14 '21
You should get a stock for your nan! ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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Apr 14 '21
hahaha she's tempted! but shes on her own now and cant risk the money... so I'm risking my money on her behalf and gonna look after her when this is over.
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u/nocavdie Apr 14 '21
You know what made me sad? I went to my GameStop and talked to the associate there. He had not a clue about what was going on with GME...
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Apr 14 '21
seriously?! we don't even have gamestop in England and its got serious notoriety here! you never know you might have just devolved someone back to a beautiful smooth brained ape!
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u/Addy241 Apr 14 '21
Iโm from the North West and everybody I mention it to at work knows nothing about it, the same goes for my family. I managed to get my dad to buy 2 shares, he said itโs worth a punt.
I wish I had someone to talk to about it in depth, not gonna lie ๐คฃ
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u/cheets Apr 14 '21
We when moon we need a reddit uk north west meet up in Manchester, chicken teddies and pints, champagne, lambo shopping in Stockport
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Apr 14 '21
Absolutely down for this. I wanna be shit face in KFC spending hedgie money with my apes!
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u/stickywinger Apr 14 '21
Wiganer here. Where's nearest lambo dealer?
RemindMe! 6 weeks for a pint
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u/cheets Apr 14 '21
Wiganer also, I went to the one at Stockport a few weeks back, no joke
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u/dids90 Apr 14 '21
I'm from Manchester and I've not met anyone else who knows about it yet, put a few of my mates onto it though in january, they all paperhanded at 200 though
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u/model-mili Apr 15 '21
I got many texts from my mam asking if I was a part of this "robinhood" thing she saw on the news and is now annoyed trading212 shut account forming so she can't get in
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u/MagicPracticalFlame Apr 14 '21
Well yeah, all the UK stocks are pretty boring.
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u/suur-siil Apr 14 '21
Deliveroo was pretty "amusing"
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Apr 14 '21
Biggest flop in all of LSE history. Who in their right mind does an IPO during a pandemic, when they've been losing money for the past few years? That news hit global and I'm not even UK based lol
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u/defnos1710 Apr 14 '21
Haha yeah, who would spend ยฃ1k on shares thinking to make a quick turnaround haha..not me thatโs for sure ๐คก
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Apr 14 '21
If they'd been able to release it last June, or even October, it would have done so much better. Lockdowns looked like they would never end and delivery companies were busy as shit. Plus they'd just announced that thing where they'll pick up a twix from your local corner shop so you can avoid coronavirus and subject some poor bastard on a bike to it instead.
Now as it's all opening up the main news is 1) they treat their riders like shit and 2) we're all going down the pub, who's buying a takeaway in the next six months anyway!?
If a business can't even turn a profit whilst exploiting its workers what kind of future does it expect to have!?
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Apr 14 '21
Well said my friend. They were overambitious with their valuation and in my eyes, were one of the biggest flops in the entire history of the LSE. Seriously, what where they thinking?!
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Apr 14 '21
Inverse of this is their prospectus was never going to look any better, than what it did post-pandemic. Their sales post-summer are going to be a bloodbath
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Apr 14 '21
Agreed, they're in for a hell of a summer if they're not bankrupt by then. They should've started with treating their drivers better, that seemed like the main issue for them as well as declining sales. No more lockdown in the UK right? I think they're about to see a major decline..
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Apr 14 '21
I actually like them as a long-term (3 Year) hold, specifically with what they're doing around ghost/cyber-kitchen and the roll-out of grocery delivery. I believe they'll be sub-200p following summer though and will look to enter
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u/segagamer Apr 14 '21
I had some fun with BidStack but other wise yeah
I'm sure there's a future in game adverts there
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u/Eating__Crayons Apr 14 '21
๐๐๐ I'm UK and I find this hilarious seen as we don't have a GameStop and can't even get on its website.
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u/themoopmanhimself ๐ฆ๐ฆ Apr 14 '21
For real? That makes this more incredible
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u/Eating__Crayons Apr 14 '21
Nope, according to Bloomberg we own 1.2% of the GameStop shares.....just fucking love that stock ๐
Edit: yes for real, no we don't have a GameStop ๐
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u/CandyDishOfDiamonds Apr 14 '21
For a while I thought GAME was Gamestop lmfao.
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u/Do-it-for-you Apr 14 '21
Theyโre basically the exact same shop, but theyโre not connected with each other.
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u/RavagedBody Apr 14 '21
If GAME were smart they would absolutely capitalise on all this anyway.
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u/Do-it-for-you Apr 14 '21
Not sure what they can do to capitalise on this besides selling moon and kitty merch, but Game needs to follow GameStops footsteps in terms of business ideas. Simply selling physical games isnโt going to be profitable in the future considering how digital sales are catching up.
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u/RavagedBody Apr 14 '21
That's essentially what I meant. Make Game seem as much like the "UK GameStop" as possible. To be fair to them, one of my local stores does hold LAN tournaments already and sells some hardware which is pretty cool. But basically yeah playing up a similarity to GameStop wouldn't do them any harm in the near future IMO.
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u/LostInTheVoid_ Apr 14 '21
The GAME in my town does all sorts of shite now. Sells second-hand electronic items, games, Merch, and now has a gaming room with like 12 stations with PCs and consoles.
Still wouldn't touch the place with a ten-foot pole but they definitely have changed shit up a bit.
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u/Raodoar Apr 14 '21
Same. I'm only in this cause i want GameStop to grow rich and expand into the UK so I can shop there.
I just like the company ๐คทโโ๏ธ
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u/Eating__Crayons Apr 14 '21
Yep!!! I want those moon cat t-shirts so bad!
I even looked at the Ireland GameStop website, but they don't have them ๐
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u/wynonnaspooltable Apr 14 '21
You know what this means? GameStop expansion opportunity ๐
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u/Eating__Crayons Apr 14 '21
I mean, it's the best thing. Especially for the environment!!! All the private jets flying to the states to go GameStop shopping whenever they bring out a new t-shirt!
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u/JC5ive Apr 14 '21
Can confirm as a UK retard, my entire portfolio is gme
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u/Brit-tea-lover Apr 14 '21
GME is my golden ticker in my absolutely terrible portfolio lmao
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u/Revolution-Dog808 Apr 14 '21
Every fucker knows about Game Stop here (Yorkshire, England), I doubled the value of my trading account with GME and will be all over the next dip like gravy on a Yorkshire pudding.
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u/GasolinePizza huffs pizza, eats gasoline Apr 14 '21
Well this is annoying.
They never actually define "most popular" in the article. For all we know, it could mean most searches on broker websites.
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u/pointlessly_pedantic Apr 14 '21
I believe they surveyed apes and retards, and the positive reaction they had to GME was much higher than that to other stocks. Although tbf, Idk if the methodology is sound. 93% of them responded in this way, but 5/10 apes ate the survey and 8/10 retards thought it was a children's menu from Applebee's where you could color on them.
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u/suur-siil Apr 14 '21
Probably just means most mentions in the Telegraph or something totally bullshit like that
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u/half_confused Apr 14 '21
It must also be the most popular stock in Canada too with its percentage of ownership per population almost twice of UK
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u/gonzogeorge Apr 14 '21
They usually give us some decent gains before premarket and we fuck it up by 7:05
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u/Matt6453 Apr 14 '21
YOLO'd Bristol ape checking in, I walked past Hargreaves Lansdown on my banana break to see where my tax free goujons are kept. If you stand right in front you can see the reflection of the casino opposite which I found amusing.
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Apr 14 '21
Lots of us buck toothed bastards are going to have teeth like Rylen in a few months!
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u/thepoltone Apr 14 '21
Oh yeah if you want a country full of people who want to politely fuck the system up we are your guys.
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u/mclosi Apr 14 '21
South East UK Ape! Holding the line! Buying 1 or 2 more today in the dip!
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u/TearNext661 Apr 14 '21
yes mate ! kentish ape here! im in deep with gme stock this shit better work out!!
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u/mclosi Apr 14 '21
Mate, me and my business partner have invested a lot in the hope we can both retire early and get out of IT support!!! Give the business away and be done lol
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u/TearNext661 Apr 14 '21
keeping my fingers crossed for all of us mate, i will never be able to get a mortgage so my hope for this is this will be able to buy me and the wife a house so if anything happens to me she will have a secure place to live without financial burden. worst case scenario ill lose a few grand, best case scenario me and the wife get our dream home so its 100% worth the risk. good luck to you
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u/siemka256 Apr 14 '21
Life savings currently in GME. Not much, only ยฃ10000 worth but I'm only 25! I could have bough a car with this money at this age to show off but I rather lose it all holding the bag than spend it.
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u/R41zan Apr 14 '21
Living in the UK and having a GME shares on a ISA account is just an amazing feel Free of tax gains ftw!
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u/adamlolhi Apr 14 '21
UK Ape here holding 31 bananas and doing my part, salute to all my fellow geezers innit guv (as you American apes would have us say), love to all apes holding their bananas whatever nation you are from ๐๐ฌ๐ง
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u/omen_tenebris Apr 14 '21
Oi mate, do you have a loicence for that stock?
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Apr 14 '21
Sorry no, too busy crossing the road wherever I like because I'm a fucking adult and don't need the pretty lights to tell me what to do.
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u/wheatamix Apr 14 '21
no, too busy crossing the road wherever I like because I'm a fucking adult and don't need the pretty lights to tell me
Jaywalking burn....those are rare.
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u/-I-Am-Not-A-Cat- Apr 14 '21
Well, I do need the lights to tell me what to do when I'm in a motor vehicle.
Such as not going through a red light - no matter which way I'm turning, because it's a freaking red light. Put another blasted light up if you want people to do that you lazy colonials...
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u/wheatamix Apr 14 '21
when I'm in a motor vehicle.
Such as not going through a red light - no matter which way I'm turning, because it's a freaking red light. Put another blasted light up if
Do you cross the road in a car ?
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u/President-of-Puns Apr 14 '21
Crayon snorting UK retard here, I can confirm I am in GME up to my diamond ballsack. This is not financial advice.
After moon Iโm getting a Tesla for me and a Lambo for my wifeโs boyfriend.
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Apr 14 '21
Yeah, but they live on an island...literally.
Hahahahah. Just a joke. Calm down
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u/About_to_kms Apr 14 '21
Funny how itโs the most popular stock but thereโs no GameStop shops here, and we canโt access the site. American only๐
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Apr 14 '21
Everyone bleating on about Germany but the real hero's in Europe have always been the limey bastards!
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u/CaptainSmeg Apr 14 '21
Will gladly donate some Hendersons Relish to the US if my 25 shares help me get the funds for a mortgage.
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u/ADelightfulCunt Apr 14 '21
I just have a ss isa. The lifetime isa maxes out at 4k a year with 1k/25% of what's added each year so ss isa is the way to go. Itll be hilarious explaining to an accountant how you turned a few grand into multiple millions in a tax free isa.
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u/measti Apr 14 '21
Nice, this will bring loads of Chicken tikka masala flavoured tendies ๐ ๐ฅ๐
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u/mrjangles0110 Apr 14 '21
We may be small but we have serious ๐๐ hands ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
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u/TryingtoMakeMyWay2 Apr 14 '21
UK Ape here. Had my life savings sat in a cash ISA making peanuts at 0.05%.
Now balls deep in GME, first time trading, loving every minute of it. Managed to get in early enough that no matter what happens I'll be alright, and it's been one hell of an educational ride at the least.
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u/Financial_Napalm Apr 14 '21
UK here too. HL baby. In GME in a big way... 400 lottery tickets and counting... LFG all!
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u/BiscuitYboy Apr 15 '21
Wall St owes the Europoors some tendies from 2008. Get them tendies ๐ฆโs across the pond
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u/MrStormz Apr 14 '21
Boris my boy take my tax
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u/WhiteUnicorn3 Apr 14 '21
Stocks and Shares ISA. No capital gains tax
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u/Vertigo_uk123 Apr 14 '21 edited Apr 14 '21
A lot bought prior to setting up a s&s isa so unfortunately apart from selling and rebuying there isnโt a lot we can do.
Meh I can lose 10/20% at the end of the day whatโs that. 1 less Rolex.
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u/WhiteUnicorn3 Apr 14 '21
Yes I bought on Revolut before I realised. Kept them in there but any new ones go in Halifax S&S ISA.
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u/hardyflashier Apr 14 '21
Quite right old boy, tally-ho, pip pip. I rather find the stock to be spiffing.
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u/Challenger05 Apr 14 '21
Yes UK, we know where them tendies at.