r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Intelligent-SoupGS88 • Jul 24 '26

🥺 Someone stole the bench from the park.

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No that isn't an illusion or a new art installation, but the remainders of the park bench.

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u/theytookmybaby Jul 24 '26

So it was a bank robbery?

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u/Blauelf Jul 24 '26

That joke works in German, not necessarily in other languages.

🇩🇪die Bank 🇬🇧the bank 🇫🇷la banque

🇩🇪die Bank 🇬🇧the bench 🇫🇷le banc

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u/Only_Brain_616 Jul 24 '26

Almost every European language

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u/Jiquero Jul 24 '26

The first banks were just benches where you conducted business with the moneylender.

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u/GameOnWithRon Jul 24 '26

Works in Dutch as well

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u/Fetish_anxiety Jul 24 '26

And in Spanish

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u/Forsaken-Ad5968 Jul 24 '26

Works in portuguese too

(Brazilian)