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Cringe-worthy Twitter story about a plumber could shatter your world-view

Get ready for demons, horse-human hybrids, and lukewarm tea.
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Cringe-worthy Twitter story about a plumber could shatter your world-view
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When someone begins a story with "So. Twitter. I've just had the plumber round," it doesn't sound particularly scintillating.

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And it isn't, it's the cringiest story perhaps ever documented. Nonetheless Prof Brian Sexhorn's (a.k.a Guy Kelly, a British comedian) encounter with a plumber, which reads like a liberal's anxiety dream, has gone viral.

Read it and weep. No, really you might start to weep openly.

Give yourself a pat on the back for getting to the end, you earned it.

Some people aren't entirely convinced of the veracity of the story.

Luckily for us the Prof has picked out a doozie...

You've cracked it sir, a real plumber would have no way to consume tea. The man-face-horses check out though.

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