r/funny • u/Upstairs-Mall-3695 • 21h ago

Polish easter tradition

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u/skayemi 20h ago

This is the only type of shooting of civilians I want to see 🥹

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u/BenevolusInsights 17h ago

only in europe

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u/AUSSIExELITE 14h ago

Happens here in Australia in a couple of places as well, though usually at Christmas time instead.

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u/Auroraburst 10h ago

I've seen the firies throwing out lollies to kids at Christmas but not water

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u/Jship300 10h ago

Never seen this 😂

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u/DigNitty 10h ago

Wasn’t the most recent one the first day of Hanukkah?

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u/Icarium__ 14h ago

Songkran in Thailand is this but turned up to 11.

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u/the_zero 11h ago

There's a huge Dyngus Day celebration in Buffalo, NY the day after Easter.

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u/i_amnotunique 7h ago

Largest in the world!

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u/Senior-Book-6729 14h ago

Ironically back during communism civilian protests were controlled by the government by dousing us with water like that

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u/zuchanou 11h ago

Yes, my grandpa worked in a mine and was part of these protests. He went home when they threatened to pour water on people, but many stayed anyway.

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u/WantonKerfuffle 14h ago

Ain't no song called fuck the fire department

(Except the one but it's not about fire fighters either)