This video is both hilarious and tragic. It is hilarious because it is hilarious. It is tragic because it reminds me of that blissful moment in human history when Downton Abbey was still on the air, broadcasting new episodes weekly, providing me with entertainment and joy AND because it reminds me of how much I love Arby’s Beef & Cheddar Sandwiches and Curly Fries but, because I’m a grown-up familiar with how one’s stomach feels about digesting such things (especially when paired with a delightful Jamocha Shake), I can no longer eat them in good conscience.
Yet this exists, so:
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Please let Sonic and Sensibility and Pizza Hut and Prejudice be real too. Or there could McDonalds Park, Tess of the Burgervilles…
Sybil, put down those curly fries!
Omg, so wrong and yet so right….
(Wow. Like so many things in my life right now, lol)
I thought the same thing. (Also applies to the Jamocha Shake.)
I think I’ve just condemned myself to scanning the horizon all day for an Arby’s…..just for the Jamocha Shake…..
oh no, now i have katy perry in my mind!
Oh, hilarious. It would have been even funnier if somehow they’d gotten the real cast.
SORRY BUT THIS VIDEO IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
:(
I saw that there was only 7 comments on this and I was like, “I AM SO OBSESSED WITH THIS WHY ARE THERE ONLY 7 COMMENTS”
But I guess not enough people watch this show. My girlfriend calls it “that dorky British show you watch.” But anyways, I digress, this video is amazing and I’ve watched it many more times than necessary.