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NYT responds after getting roasted for its 'petty crime' in London tweet

"Bloomin chimney sweep pinched me petticoat, the cheeky sod."

Rachel Thompson

on December 14, 2018

The New York Times got a massive dose of British humour when it posted a tweet asking for people's experiences of petty crime in London.

And, after a full day of jokes, it acknowledged that Brits had unleashed our world-class sarcasm upon them.

On Thursday, the New York Times tweeted a question that garnered more than its fair share of hilarious replies.

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The replies were nothing short of works of sarcastic genius.

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After 24 hours, the New York Times tweeted a simple GIF to recognise that it had been well and truly owned by the people of Britain.

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Touché indeed.

Rachel Thompson

Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.