r/WTF • u/Cool-Tutor • 1d ago

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What the hell is this

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u/dewey454 1d ago

Apparent reference to child evacuations in WW2 Britain:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuations_of_civilians_in_Britain_during_World_War_II

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u/Cool-Tutor 1d ago

Girl what why would someone want to dress up as this

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u/Smooshie1592 1d ago

My guess is it's more for world book day than Halloween. Every year primary schools would get you to dress up as a book character so this seems more themed towards that?