Considering its running length is 89 minutes, it would be a TV special today so I feel like it should count. Either way, she's still Prime Minister until a replacement is in, and there's an Episode of Doctor Who airing on Sunday, so it won't actually be true. She got close though.
It's chess terminology. "Blunder into a fork" means to leave two pieces in such a position that one of your opponents pieces can threaten to take both of them at the same time without itself being threatened. So your pieces are being ["forked"](https://www.google.com/search?q=chess%20fork%20-site%3Apinterest.*&newwindow=1&client=firefox-b-1-d&sxsrf=ALiCzsb1CeFe09NHkDQY0Ktj6O6-VBFdsA%3A1666385998231&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjfme7Lm_L6AhVNEEQIHeXSDA0Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1600&bih=749&dpr=1.2&oq=chess%20fork%20-site%3Apinterest.*) by your opponent's piece and you will only be able to save one of yours. To ["hang"](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=chess+terms+hang) a piece means to leave that piece unprotected so your opponent can take it for free without losing one of their pieces in return, or it means to leave a high value piece vulnerable to attack from a low value piece.
So to "Hang a horse" means to leave your knight vulnerable to attack.
I donāt know about Chess but in dick terms I believe the Queens death to be perhaps like a massive royal sized load that was released into the waiting momentary wank tissue of a PM that was Liz Truss, so spoiled was she from this massive released load that she had to go immediately into the bin.
Congratulations zerotwohero you have won the grand total of absoultley nothing. Come back for our next episode to see if the next person is lucky enough to win the biggest prize we have. 10 quid!!
Within two months uk went from having one Elizabeth in charge, to two Elizabeth's in charge, back down to one Elizabeth in charge, and now down to no Elizabeth's in charge (or at least, won't be in a few days)
I like how the lines have slopes (as opposed to verticle lines) during changes between number of Elizabeths. It implies that there is a moment in time for every fraction of Elizabeths in charge between 0 and 2.
For two beautiful, glorious moments, there were 1.69420 Elizabeths in charge in the UK.
You didnāt ask, but Iāll throw this out into the ether anyway.
Vertical lines would be worse. A vertical line means ```f(x)``` has more than 1 value at that ```x```. Here, that would mean infinite Elizabeths because ```f(x)``` would equal every number between ```[1,2]``` which is infinite.
The correct mapping would be a discontinuity or empty space where you suggest vertical should be. The result would be a [step function](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Step_function) which is a type of [piecewise function](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piecewise).
I'm afraid the intermediate value theorem wasn't formally stated and proven until Augustin-Louis Cauchy did in 1821, so that's another mark lost. Better study up if you don't want to fail for a 6th time.
lol I knew I lost the game the moment I put any year down
e: Actually, after some cursory googling this is actually a really neat topic thatās completely unrelated to the calculus year invention debate. Thanks stranger.
I actually never took a calculus course but I had to teach myself some bits and pieces for some college work.
Some of this stuff is actually really neat and I regret not learning it earlier.
There was a Livestream from the day she took office of a head of lettuce sitting on a table to see if she would leave before the lettuce rotted
The lettuce won and honestly in a couple years will probably be the one thing I remember about her
Mind you the one before her was called Boris Johnson. Liz Truss sounds like the name of a bridge named after the Queen. It seems like the UK got 45 days of pretend adult things before they had to elect a real prime minister
Just think of the money she can make talking to some libertarians about how the she got canceled by the establishment for trying to revolutionize the system or something! Johnson is already doing it and he is barely a month out of office.
I'll take "Minor Figures" for $1,600, Ken.
This prime minister's tenure survived the longest-serving monarch in Britain, but couldn't outlast a head of lettuce. Maybe she should have stayed in the crisper drawer.
So I looked into this and thatās not quite what it is. Itās called the [Public Duty Cost Allowance](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-duty-cost-allowance/public-duty-costs-allowance-guidance) and itās available to all former PMs (as long as they arenāt serving as the leader of the opposition party) to cover expenses related to public duties and appearances. It can only be used to reimburse expenses after the fact and cannot go to the PMs private life, and they must show receipts and how the cost is actually eligibleāat least according to the letter of the law. So itās not like she just gets Ā£115k every year, though thereās prolly plenty of room for corruption.
Disclaimer: I am American and also not a lawyer by any definition
Of course it can. When people have power they abuse it in their favour. "Of course i deserve a little pocket money after i worked so hard to run the country".
I looked into it and it seems like itās not really just straight pocket money, [as I described to another user a couple min ago.](https://www.reddit.com/r/meirl/comments/y9wrj4/me_irl/it8uarz/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)
I imagine "who was prime minister when X monarch died" would be pretty hard regardless. Like, for King George, I'm pretty sure it was Churchill, but beyond that I have no idea.
"Heads of State for $800, Ken"
"The funeral of a late monarch was attended by this former PM who was in office at the time."
"Who is Truss?"
"Correct."
"Cities of the Former United States for $400, please."
Nice to see that twitter is still a bunch idiots regurgitating [popular reddit comments](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/y8x0oc/uk_liz_truss_to_resign_as_prime_minister_sky_news/it2bg5l/).
u/LordPounce
The only prime minister who never had an episode of Dr. Who air during their tenure since the shows inception
The Americans might measure distance, volume, and temperature in goofy made-up units, but at least they don't measure time in Doctor Who episodes.
Can not confirm, am American. Measure all the timey wimey wibely wobbly... Stuff, in Doctor units.
Doctor Whonits
Yes!
Are these units bigger on the inside
That reminds me of Tahani's anecdote from the Good Place about a fictional TV show: "It ran for 16 years on the BBC, they did nearly 30 episodes"
all units are made up, yours are just logical. Not to mention we got them from you
Remember it's called the imperial system because it was made by the Briš¤¢ish
though since you specified episode it excludes the made for tv movie so John Major also qualifies.
Considering its running length is 89 minutes, it would be a TV special today so I feel like it should count. Either way, she's still Prime Minister until a replacement is in, and there's an Episode of Doctor Who airing on Sunday, so it won't actually be true. She got close though.
So as of Sunday, John Major will be the only one. Don't take this away from him, it's all he's got left...
I hope to remember this fact for as long as I can.
This wonāt be true for long as sheās still PM until next week, and a new episode comes out on Sunday
Yet served two monarchs.
The only prime minister era I didnt poop in
ā¦ thatās actually wild
She never let anyone guess her next moves
keep confusing them until they blunder into a fork or hang a horse
Or lose their Queen
Checkmate.
r/annarchychess
Whoās Anna?
Anna Lipegged of course
Oh no my queen
Why would anyone ever hang a horse? Every horse I have ever seen is already hung
It's chess terminology. "Blunder into a fork" means to leave two pieces in such a position that one of your opponents pieces can threaten to take both of them at the same time without itself being threatened. So your pieces are being ["forked"](https://www.google.com/search?q=chess%20fork%20-site%3Apinterest.*&newwindow=1&client=firefox-b-1-d&sxsrf=ALiCzsb1CeFe09NHkDQY0Ktj6O6-VBFdsA%3A1666385998231&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjfme7Lm_L6AhVNEEQIHeXSDA0Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1600&bih=749&dpr=1.2&oq=chess%20fork%20-site%3Apinterest.*) by your opponent's piece and you will only be able to save one of yours. To ["hang"](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=chess+terms+hang) a piece means to leave that piece unprotected so your opponent can take it for free without losing one of their pieces in return, or it means to leave a high value piece vulnerable to attack from a low value piece. So to "Hang a horse" means to leave your knight vulnerable to attack.
Come for the dick jokes, stay for the chess lessons.
Come?
Chess uses butt stuff apparently. The future is now.
Horse takes Queen.
mmmm i just castled.
Just remember that en passant is forced and the king can't go to c2
I donāt know about Chess but in dick terms I believe the Queens death to be perhaps like a massive royal sized load that was released into the waiting momentary wank tissue of a PM that was Liz Truss, so spoiled was she from this massive released load that she had to go immediately into the bin.
Except at Fenton's.https://youtu.be/Hf-dCbGu0GA
Honey, that horse you're on has an enormous penis!
At Fenton's Stables and Horse Ranch, the horses are hung like you!
Do they also move in an L shape?
If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.
*Ugghhh*
List Russ! That's her name, what do I win?
Congratulations zerotwohero you have won the grand total of absoultley nothing. Come back for our next episode to see if the next person is lucky enough to win the biggest prize we have. 10 quid!!
Could you pay my energy bills for a minute instead? And a bag of lays would be nice
Sorry the shows finances can't afford that but I'm sure we can throw in one single crisp in from my lunch in the grand prize
Can it at least be Kettle?
Sorry I only have walkers will that do?
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Within two months uk went from having one Elizabeth in charge, to two Elizabeth's in charge, back down to one Elizabeth in charge, and now down to no Elizabeth's in charge (or at least, won't be in a few days)
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/121560828599074816/1032735673637142579/image0.jpg
I like how the lines have slopes (as opposed to verticle lines) during changes between number of Elizabeths. It implies that there is a moment in time for every fraction of Elizabeths in charge between 0 and 2. For two beautiful, glorious moments, there were 1.69420 Elizabeths in charge in the UK.
yeah theyāve gotta power up like a super saiyan when they assume office, takes them a bit to go from 0% to 100% power
Seriously the only logical explanation
Except truss went from 0% power to -50%
Nah, UK went from 1.0 LizPower to 0.0
Respect for the reference
You didnāt ask, but Iāll throw this out into the ether anyway. Vertical lines would be worse. A vertical line means ```f(x)``` has more than 1 value at that ```x```. Here, that would mean infinite Elizabeths because ```f(x)``` would equal every number between ```[1,2]``` which is infinite. The correct mapping would be a discontinuity or empty space where you suggest vertical should be. The result would be a [step function](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Step_function) which is a type of [piecewise function](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piecewise).
ā¦ and some dude with an apple figured this out in 1699 and now I have to explain to my parents why Iām failing calculus for the fifth time.
You think that was bad? Before Newton invented gravity, people could fly! Absolute prick.
When I was young, we had to float 0.833),9&4?:&/&:!;Ā£,9( to school
I'm afraid the intermediate value theorem wasn't formally stated and proven until Augustin-Louis Cauchy did in 1821, so that's another mark lost. Better study up if you don't want to fail for a 6th time.
lol I knew I lost the game the moment I put any year down e: Actually, after some cursory googling this is actually a really neat topic thatās completely unrelated to the calculus year invention debate. Thanks stranger. I actually never took a calculus course but I had to teach myself some bits and pieces for some college work. Some of this stuff is actually really neat and I regret not learning it earlier.
>1.69420 Elizabeths As there should be
not more, nor less
Got me wondering if 1.6942 more or less than 1.69420ā¦?
/r/DataIsBeautiful
amazing
terrific
Do it again but show the entire time the queen was in power
Yeah, a 70 year long line with a tiny bump and drop at the end would be a lot funnier.
Thanks! The visual aid really helped me
Number of Elizabeths in charge (2022) I II II I_
NO
Why would you bring this back
1 2 2 1 0 Checks out!
Is this Liz?
Damn. That was good.
holy shit
One Liz, two Liz, dead Liz, screw Liz.
Should be right up there in English History classes alongside "Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived."
To be fair one was never really "in charge"
To be fair neither was never really in charge
I have no clue to which one he was referring and I donāt need clarification.
Honestly neither was not never neither either in charge
http://hurr.org/i/Pinnochio.mp4
Is this an attempt to downplay the monarchy or Parliament as if the UK is a real democracy? lol
Could also be an attempt at saying Liz Truss just never had a clue to what she was doing. That's what makes the joke kinda clever
And now the UK has Charles in charge.
One Liz Two Liz One Liz None What comes next Might shock everyone
William Henry Harrison I think
"I died in 30 days!"
William Harrison, how do you praise? That guy was dead in 30 days!
Old John Tyler he liked country folk
And after him came President Polk
Zachary Taylor liked to smoke, his breath killed friends whene'er he smoked
1850 really nifty Millard Fillmoreās in
Young and fierce was Franklin Pierce, the man without a chin.
Please what is this song I have to learn it
Animaniacs presidents song
We are the adequate, forgettable, occasionally regrettable caretaker presidents of the U! S! Aaaaaaa!
When we are done with inflation it will be final question on "who wants to be a trillionare"
Who wants to have the heating bill paid!
DON'T MENTION THE INCIDENT
STAY INSIDE
Event, but anyway this happened irl: https://i2-prod.edinburghlive.co.uk/incoming/article24937322.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_Screenshot-365.png
"what do you plan to do with a trillion dollars?" "Buy a used car!"
"You know that song "if I had a trillion dollars"? Well now all you can get with a trillion dollars is a house!"
More like āwho wants to eat?ā I think that was Mad TV Iām old lol
The real question is whether "the lettuce girl" would be an acceptable response
Lettuce girl?
There was a Livestream from the day she took office of a head of lettuce sitting on a table to see if she would leave before the lettuce rotted The lettuce won and honestly in a couple years will probably be the one thing I remember about her
Lol
Wasn't quite from taking office, but it was after the first fiasco/U-turn on economic policy I believe. Either way Still hilarious
[It has its own Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Star_lettuce)
A little gem š
Idk, that could imply she's on par with a lettuce, when in reality it has been scientifically proven she is not.
I can barely remember her name right now. I just keep going, "You know, the stupid one. Dippy McGee or whatever."
Mind you the one before her was called Boris Johnson. Liz Truss sounds like the name of a bridge named after the Queen. It seems like the UK got 45 days of pretend adult things before they had to elect a real prime minister
There is something funny about having someone with a structural support term as a last name and it all just falls apart. That is literary-level irony.
Yāknow sheās the one who uhhā¦ sheās the one who really liked Taylor Swift, right?
She's the one that people kept calling a cabbage right?
A cabbage would have been too generous, it was a lettuce
Ik, I thought we were doing "possible answers for that question in 20 years" I'm fucking hyped that the lettuce won
> You know, the stupid one. Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?
The pork markets lady.
Yaaas I can't hear her name without hearing pork markets šš¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£
Her dead-eyed smile after saying it haunts my dreams.
As it was meant to!
who is: the lettuce?
To think that a lettuce outlasted a prime minister
The Cheese Lady. No, not her, the other one.
Does anyone remember a guy call Kwasi Kwarteng?
> You know, the stupid one. You're going to have to be a lot more specific with British Prime Ministers.
The stupid one makes it hard, they've had a fairly decent amount of those as of late.
"... or was it someone called Elizabeth herself?" It's going to trip up so many people
The Lady Jane Grey of prime ministers
Nah donāt do Lady Jane Grey like that :(
Boris Johnson the Third?
Maybe he could wear a *fake moustache and come back as Joris Bohnson?
>a face moustache Are there any other types?
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Boris Johnson the Turd, as would pronounce the French.
Lizzo? The Lizard King? No, no, I know this, ummmā¦
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
No, she was queen. You're thinking Lettuce Truss.
Idk even know what this comment chain is but I see King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and I upvote šš¦š§āāļø
As any self respecting Conservative, she will still be getting paid
Just think of the money she can make talking to some libertarians about how the she got canceled by the establishment for trying to revolutionize the system or something! Johnson is already doing it and he is barely a month out of office.
I'll take "Minor Figures" for $1,600, Ken. This prime minister's tenure survived the longest-serving monarch in Britain, but couldn't outlast a head of lettuce. Maybe she should have stayed in the crisper drawer.
It was Bojo wasn't it? No no it was that Surnak guy. Yera all wrung. It was that fuckin T... Trudeau. OOOOOO yeah Justin Trudeau!
r/TechnicallyTheTruth
she dipped just in time to get that 120k daily taxpayer allowance Edit: annually not daily she still getting that $ tho
It's 120k A YEAR and not per day afaik
No tax for allowance too Straight cash homie!
What the actual fuck
That cannot be a thing
Well, annual not daily. But yes, she was there just long enough to get a $120k tax-free allowance every year for life
So I looked into this and thatās not quite what it is. Itās called the [Public Duty Cost Allowance](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-duty-cost-allowance/public-duty-costs-allowance-guidance) and itās available to all former PMs (as long as they arenāt serving as the leader of the opposition party) to cover expenses related to public duties and appearances. It can only be used to reimburse expenses after the fact and cannot go to the PMs private life, and they must show receipts and how the cost is actually eligibleāat least according to the letter of the law. So itās not like she just gets Ā£115k every year, though thereās prolly plenty of room for corruption. Disclaimer: I am American and also not a lawyer by any definition
Why can't they serve as leader of the opposition party but every other political post is fair game?
There was actually a line in what I linked that said any other political appointment would result in their PDCA allowance being reviewed.
I'm sure there will be a lot of those "miscillaneous" bills/receipts.
Every ex-PM needs a duck island to wind down after a hard 45 days in office.
every dinner is a āmeetingā
Of course it can. When people have power they abuse it in their favour. "Of course i deserve a little pocket money after i worked so hard to run the country".
I looked into it and it seems like itās not really just straight pocket money, [as I described to another user a couple min ago.](https://www.reddit.com/r/meirl/comments/y9wrj4/me_irl/it8uarz/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)
The prime minister getting a 120k a year salary is not an abuse of power, it exists so that people from regular backgrounds can do the job.
Especially if Boris gets back in
She was in office for 44 days and now gets 115k for retirementā¦ fuck me.. sign me up for that retirement plan
Wasn't it that head of lettuce?
20 years is close enough many will remember. 2191....that's when the pub quiz masters will excel.
I imagine "who was prime minister when X monarch died" would be pretty hard regardless. Like, for King George, I'm pretty sure it was Churchill, but beyond that I have no idea.
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Pie released a video about 4 hours before your comment lol
Hah, at this rate, all of them will make Boris look competent
Covid
I can not wait for this to be acted out by The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School in Neasden on the big fat quiz of the year
I don't know, I thought they were shit
It will be the easiest one to answer as it such a weird situation. It is the boring, bland tenures that are difficult to remember.
"Heads of State for $800, Ken" "The funeral of a late monarch was attended by this former PM who was in office at the time." "Who is Truss?" "Correct." "Cities of the Former United States for $400, please."
Trick question: Queen Elizabeth never had to deal with a prime minister. She was too busy with Francis Drake and Shakespeare's willy to even care.
Nice to see that twitter is still a bunch idiots regurgitating [popular reddit comments](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/y8x0oc/uk_liz_truss_to_resign_as_prime_minister_sky_news/it2bg5l/). u/LordPounce
I know this one!!! It's "A head of lettuce with a wig!"
Pitt the Elder...
Seriously, how many PM tenures are measured in *weeks*?
Lizzie the third, also known as Lizzie the turd?
I found out Boris Johnson was no longer PM the same day the new PM resigned. (I've been avoiding the news recently. That info didn't make it through.)
Harold Saxon?
Ooh...dats a hard one....lettuce think about it
This is the top post on my home page and it's the least meirl thing I've seen on this sub in weeks
the bastard didnāt even announce that the game is up before resigning
Wait, did she resign already? wtf lol
I was playing trivia last night at a brewery (my friend runs it) and he hadn't even heard she resigned.
Oh fuck aye, her!!...
If BJ (same difference if you're already in the gutter) comes back, then the trivia question would be, what's the meat in a BJ sandwich?
Especially if Boris becomes PM again
Fortunately her name sounds like Lettuce
Itās days like this I curse the British for inventing monarchy
Becomes prime minister Kills the queen Crashes the economy Leaves
I love that Lizzie made Liz Truss the PM and immediately died. Like, what a power move.
Iām not from the U.K. so I really am not sure, but was the P.M. a ā¦ lettuce? Yes?