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[-] set_secret@lemmy.world 66 points 2 years ago

my direct relative designed the red one. My only claim to fame.

[-] MadBob@feddit.nl 19 points 2 years ago

He also designed the Anglican cathedral in Liverpool, I believe.

[-] set_secret@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago
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[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Sir Scott *tips hat.

[-] thehatfox@lemmy.world 59 points 2 years ago

There’s not many phone boxes left in the UK of any design now.

I’ve seen a few converted into tiny libraries or art displays.

[-] RQG@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago

The red ones converted to something else I always enjoy. We even have some of them here in Germany now.

[-] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago

What did they convert to? I can't tell if this is a joke I just don't understand or what

[-] Sylver@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago
[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 20 points 2 years ago

These things are awesome. Get some books, put some books back in. Unfortunately someone torched ours a few years ago.

[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 29 points 2 years ago

Some people are shit stains.

[-] Miqo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

That's so cool!

[-] hungryphrog 7 points 2 years ago

Buddhism of course.

[-] Johnhones@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

Seen one converted to a defibrillator before too.

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[-] hungryphrog 23 points 2 years ago

Every day I understand more and more why Romans left Britain.

[-] Apollonius_Cone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I thought we were all Britons.

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[-] lugal@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago

Which one is bigger in the inside?

[-] meekah@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

The police box, not the telephone box

[-] lugal@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

So the tardis lost her ability to adopt to the time and environment? What a shame.

[-] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

I've always said that Tardis would take the appearance of a chemical toilet in today's world.

It can be placed everywhere without raising any suspicion at all.

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago

And no one would want to go in it, brilliant.

[-] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

They are even mostly blue too!

[-] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Well yes, that's the explanation given for masquerading as a police box from the 60s at all times, chameleon circuits are broken and brakes are stuck on

[-] lugal@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Yes, happened in the very first episode. What a coincidence.

I love how the plot of the first two seasons is that doctor shows the teachers of his granddaughter (yes, he has family) that the tardis works and goes with them to the stone age. Then he tries to go back and it takes him 2 seasons.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

I'd say that David Cameron and every PM since him were several times worse downgrades than making an uglier version of an obsolete box but that's just me 🤷

[-] 011011@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

David Cameron was a downgrade on Blair and Brown how?

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

How was the pig fucker from Eton NOT a downgrade??

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[-] MonsieurArchi@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Seriously what the fuck uk? Now I'm never gonna visit!

[-] Absolute_Axoltl@feddit.uk 10 points 2 years ago

Even better those "newer" phone boxes are now so infrequently used that they are mostly broken. Also more often than not they smell like piss.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I'd say they're frequently used then. Just not for the intended purpose.

[-] HumbertTetere@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

The smell lingers rather well. It doesn't need to be refreshed that often.

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[-] OurTragicUniverse@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

Are there even any of those 'newer' BT phoneboxes still around?
Granted I don't go outside much anymore but even a few years ago they were few and far between, with most having the walls, door and phone removed by that point.

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[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 8 points 2 years ago

I've never been to the UK. Is this real? No more red phone booths???

[-] DrCake@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Some still survive but mostly just for tourists to take a picture next to. Hardly any of those left, even the “modern” ones, actually have a working phone.

[-] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Yeah, why would you spend money clearing out trash, piss, and shit from them when everyone has mobile phones.

[-] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago

I'm just sad I won't get the authentic experience of pissing in one anymore.

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[-] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago

People in Hull: "Why have you painted your white phone boxes red and put royal crowns on top of them?"

[-] trailing9@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Is the mailbox safe?

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 6 points 2 years ago

Anyone else remember the BT ChargeCards from the nineties? I always remember going to the red boxes and the phones inside being too old-fashioned. I'd dial 144 but could never get any further...

[-] Norgur@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Glad you said "one of" the biggest downgrades... because I'd argue your Monarchy and your geopolitical situation got heftier downgrades. Not much heftier than the telephones... but still.

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[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Yeah that's a hard pass from me.

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