Good old visual puns
Photo of a slice of ham split in 2, one is labelled West Ham and the other East Ham.
Photo of the whole slice of ham, labelled Fulham
Photo of empty plate with crumbs on it, labelled Nottingham
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Americans googling to see if these are all really places.
Fun fact: when the boroughs of West Ham and East Ham merged in 1965, some of the suggested names by the public included Hamstrung, Hamsandwich, Smoked Ham and Hamsweetham.
They settled on the new name Newham, which, y'know, is elegant and all, but it's disappointing once you know they could've been a sandwich.
Is it pronounced "nju'm"?
I think Eaton would have worked better for the last image haha
As a kid, I thought Birmingham was pronounced "burning ham"
Dont forget Feltham
And then there's Tottenham. Or as I like to call it: Tot & Ham.
Don't get me started on Badham
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