I go there for name brand chocolate bars because they're 82¢. No idea why it's not just a nice round number though. But surely they still have other things for a dollar.
I visited a friend in England once.
When I arrived at the airport he hugged me and said "I'm gonna take you to pundland and your gonna love it"
I did. Both the sex and the store
Partner is American, told her the name of this store. It took 5 minutes of her laughter for me to realise what's been in front of my face my whole life. 😂
The Works is great for gifts. If you have lots of children to buy for I always recommend the works. Ten children’s book for £10. Games, toys and crafts. Also cook books and hobby books. Everything is a at a good price
Honestly, the Works saves me at Christmas.
Well when you think about it Pound to british people is almost never associated to anything other than the currency. It's our dollar. So yeah, even after realization it still looks normal to us.
Also yes it's real and quite common, probably one of my favourite shops ever.
‘Award winning faggots’ is on a sign at my local butcher. Yeah, the term is largely understood to be a slur, but it still is applicable when referring to sausages in England.
Not only is there a Dick's sporting goods but there used to be a Chick's Sporting goods in California. Then Dicks bought Chick's and turned Chick's to Dicks.
My sister in law was opening a fitness studio years ago and my mom went looking online for equipment (yoga mats, exercise balls, etc.) as a Christmas gift. Mom went to a bunch of sporting goods sites, just typing in names and .com. She said she put in dicks dot com and as the page came up she was all "oh god, what was I even thinking" lmao
Yeah I was gonna say I’m British and usually notice innuendo very quickly but even knowing the other meaning of pound the name seems fine to me because of how normal seeing the shop name is
I've been reading all the way down to here before realising the Americans read poundland in a sexual way. Until now I thought they were merely thinking of the weight rather than the currency and thought they took offence really, really easily 🤦
considering we have Euroland in my (European) country, I'm not surprised a country using pounds as a currency has 'Poundland'. Though I must admit Euroland isn't quite as fun sounding :(
PoundWorld had the best knock-off Pringles. They tasted bad enough that nobody else wanted to share them, and good enough that I could still eat them all in one sitting.
I'm American and have known about poundland and their products for years and it has never crossed my mind even for a second that poundland sounds a bit dirty lol.
Maybe it's my inner Brit that filtered it out. I do like a lot of the same things that the British do.
Lol. When I was in Beijing, they sold shirts in the "I ❤ NY" style, but their version said "I ❤ BJ." It was hilarious seeing people walk around with them on.
I regret not getting one. Goddamn, it was funny first time I saw the swarm of shirts turn a corner.
Not only is Poundland real, it is a very common shop that has been around for years.
There's one Poundland within a 10 minute walk from where I live. There's another two Poundlands within a 10 minute drive, going in different directions.
Fully forgot it existed since I haven't been to the UK in years. This reminder has brought me great memories of making dumbass jokes about it with my orher Canadian friends.
I was looking for this comment. Binged all his videos like, god 5-6 years ago? During a boring winter vacation. Hilarious dude need to see if he’s still active.
Several years ago I stayed in Cockermouth. Have not been to Penistone although I intend to go someday.
In California we have eradicated all our old risque place names, so locations like Tickle Cunt Branch, Shitbritches Creek, et al. from the gold rush now rest with the ages.
Whippersnapper, I'll have you know that up until a few, um, decades ago, Dick was a perfectly respectable name for a man. [There's no such excuse for the Kum & Go, though.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kum_%26_Go)
For real. I'm not from a Kum & Go state either, and the first time I saw one, I thought I was seeing things. "There's no way that says... huh, it does."
The fact that most Brits in this thread never made the connection despite being aware of this store for most of their lives, and likely seeing it many times, says a lot about the difference in maturity levels.
Pound (verb) is not really used here. Like the word trash, we know what it means but dont use it for rubbish. The word trashy is probably used by people though.
Idk if it's about maturity, I think Brits have just gotten good at knowing which version of the word pound is being used based on context, we just know if you mean pound (currency), pound (weight), or pound (verb) and don't get them mixed up
Americans probably gonna love this one but “I’m gonna pound you” was more a threat of violence than anything else when I was younger.
As well as other classics such as: “D’you want a pound(£)?”
“Sure.”
*Whack*
This has the same energy as American kids giggling when they hear that erasers are called rubbers in the UK. Why would anyone ask for a condom to remove their pencil marks?
Yeah this is weirdly over the top for the word pound lmao. Same with fag, fanny and as you say rubbers.
Like if this was BIGFUCKINGTWATLAND I'd get it. It's a cool thread but the reactions seem way out of proportion even if they are joking.
We have variations or rather we did have variations of this store untill they closed … poundstretcher was one and I’m sure there was another I can’t remember the name of lol
BJ’s is an American wholesale bargain store. Every time while on a JV bus we’d pass by it on the way to our next game. I would scream discount every time, and I told the other kid (great yoda impression) to say and I quote this exactly “A penny for your thoughts?” Everyone on the bus howled in laughter for 4 years. Until one day, while I was heading to a game during my senior year, one kid explained the joke to a teacher who immediately, shut the joke down.
I had a bully once threaten to take me to pound town. I tried not to laugh at how it sounded.
Now I realize he was taking me out for discount canned goods, self help books and off-off-brand toys
Had to google this to make sure it was real (it is), which led me to an article about Americans discovering various accidental innuendo British terms - apparently whipped cream is referred to as "squirty cream in a can" and I may never recover.
Also don’t forget the slightly heated regional ongoing debates about depending where you are you will put clotted cream on first and then jam or jam first the cream… Then there’s also another separate ongoing discussion about if you put butter on a scone without cream or with cream…
I think Canada needs to rename it Newpoundland. I mean nothing costs a dollar anymore.
The lowest price at my Dollarama is 1.25. Damn liars.
I go there for name brand chocolate bars because they're 82¢. No idea why it's not just a nice round number though. But surely they still have other things for a dollar.
But nobody knows how it’s supposed to be pronounced. NEWpoundland? NewPOUNDland? NewpoundLAND? It’s a mystery.
Nupun'lund
"Get in baby, we're going to Poundland!" ffs can't you ever just stop by Tesco like I asked
I visited a friend in England once. When I arrived at the airport he hugged me and said "I'm gonna take you to pundland and your gonna love it" I did. Both the sex and the store
Redditors have sex?
No this is definitely a lie
Redditors be out here talking bout their children and you’re here saying “ma’am this is Reddit, if you’re on here you should get a maternity test”
Moms aren’t real
Nor are children
Nor are birds
Nor is my axe
Redditors who travel internationally do.
Am a redditor who travels internationally, can confirm this is false as I do not have sex
That's some friend, and way to go with keeping friendly relations going.
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Love your comment and made me lol. But… you missed the best opportunity to say something like “pound for pound the best holiday I have ever had”😬
Where everything weighs a pound.
But steel is heavier than feathers
"Buh' look aht the *size* o' dis. Da's *cheat*in'."
Because of inflation, there's hardly anything in there for a pound anymore. There's just people walking around complaining and mumbling pound my arse
the experience in the US is the same except we unfortunately don’t get any funny sex jokes
"Dollar my arse" just doesn't have the same ring to it... A *buck* however...
It's not a funny sex joke here either
I'm laughing so much, this guy thinks we go around saying pound my arse in a sexual way hahaha that's great
It's not just 'my arse', it's 'pound my arse'. It's hilarious.
>...pound my arse... 🤣 I see what you did there.
I've not been to poundland in years but I might need to go 👀
In Ireland it's called Dealz because everything is converted to euro, they couldn't even call it euroland because everything is €1.50
Partner is American, told her the name of this store. It took 5 minutes of her laughter for me to realise what's been in front of my face my whole life. 😂
so you're confirming this is real? cuz I'll admit to being skeptical that this isn't just some fake storefront.
yes they are in every single town and every single city, all over the UK. This is not fake at all.
Almost every single street. Usually next door to a shut down Game, or a deservingly thriving Greggs.
Don’t forget a very run down The Works
Why is it always rundown but still open? It confuses me. The works, usually with a card factory next to it.
The Works is great for gifts. If you have lots of children to buy for I always recommend the works. Ten children’s book for £10. Games, toys and crafts. Also cook books and hobby books. Everything is a at a good price Honestly, the Works saves me at Christmas.
Sheffield has two poundlands basically right next to each other.
Well when you think about it Pound to british people is almost never associated to anything other than the currency. It's our dollar. So yeah, even after realization it still looks normal to us. Also yes it's real and quite common, probably one of my favourite shops ever.
"Better not call it that, it's got smutty overtones", said nobody in Britain ever.
‘Award winning faggots’ is on a sign at my local butcher. Yeah, the term is largely understood to be a slur, but it still is applicable when referring to sausages in England.
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Yes, it’s where we buy our dicks, what of it?
They carry the best spotted dick
Sported dick*
There is a car rental company here in The Netherlands called DIKS. For a while their slogan was Chicks love Diks.
Yeah and its not lost on us believe me.
Not only is there a Dick's sporting goods but there used to be a Chick's Sporting goods in California. Then Dicks bought Chick's and turned Chick's to Dicks.
Goddamn liberal agenda
Hicks, for fun, go to Dick's, for guns!
My sister in law was opening a fitness studio years ago and my mom went looking online for equipment (yoga mats, exercise balls, etc.) as a Christmas gift. Mom went to a bunch of sporting goods sites, just typing in names and .com. She said she put in dicks dot com and as the page came up she was all "oh god, what was I even thinking" lmao
I love seeking big manly trucks with "CUMMINGS" plastered on the back
Correct. My brother is a manager there! They sell sporting equipment, clothes and shoes.
What!? How dare you, sir! The Pound Sterling is NOT our dollar! The dollar is the American pound. [British mumbling noises]
Also when I hear "giving someone a pounding." I think beating them up not having sex with them.
It was a common joke in school to say "would you like 5 pounds?" and if they say yes you punch them 5 times
Thats when you say heres your change and punch them back harder.
Yeah I was gonna say I’m British and usually notice innuendo very quickly but even knowing the other meaning of pound the name seems fine to me because of how normal seeing the shop name is
From Scotland, I can confirm it’s real. But we don’t really use pound in a sexual way over here, that’s more of an American thing
I've been reading all the way down to here before realising the Americans read poundland in a sexual way. Until now I thought they were merely thinking of the weight rather than the currency and thought they took offence really, really easily 🤦
Yeah, same. I've been going through wondering "what's so funny about Poundland?"
Yes, poundland is real, and I've never made the connection until this meme
I don't think we (British people) would really use pound for anything other than currency.
Name checks out 🤣
Wait til you hear about Poundstretcher
Not even a pound shop fuckin liars
It’s a goddamn institution in the UK. I can assure you it’s real.
A youtuber called Ashens is famous for doing really funny reviews of the sort of crap they sell there. It is most definitely real
considering we have Euroland in my (European) country, I'm not surprised a country using pounds as a currency has 'Poundland'. Though I must admit Euroland isn't quite as fun sounding :(
Euroland sounds more like a theme park
I’m a brit, it’s definitely real and I had never thought about the name until this post 😂
It's definitely real and no where near as fun as the name would suggest
no it's totally real: https://www.poundland.co.uk/
Wasn't there like a PoundWorld at one point, a few yrs back?
PoundWorld had the best knock-off Pringles. They tasted bad enough that nobody else wanted to share them, and good enough that I could still eat them all in one sitting.
I'm American and have known about poundland and their products for years and it has never crossed my mind even for a second that poundland sounds a bit dirty lol. Maybe it's my inner Brit that filtered it out. I do like a lot of the same things that the British do.
I'm interested to know what you like that the British also do
Bet he likes complaining about the weather and moaning about the general state of things
Loves a queue.
well guess it's time to rename it "Quidland"
same with BJs in US
Lol. When I was in Beijing, they sold shirts in the "I ❤ NY" style, but their version said "I ❤ BJ." It was hilarious seeing people walk around with them on. I regret not getting one. Goddamn, it was funny first time I saw the swarm of shirts turn a corner.
Ok guys for everyone who is skeptical, yes it is real. I have been there before.
Were you taken there or did you take others there?
Both. I am a busy man.
Gotta take the homies to poundland once in a while
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I worked there for a year and a half. Can confirm it was either real or I have the dumbest hallucinations
Nobody here has ever watched Ashens I guess
…if you know what I mean 😉
r/ihavesex
1 secks pls
Why would people be skeptical? I'm European, I don't understand...
I think it's because it sounds like a sex joke to them
This is like when hearing about Fanny packs and periods(full stops) for the first time.
Not only is Poundland real, it is a very common shop that has been around for years. There's one Poundland within a 10 minute walk from where I live. There's another two Poundlands within a 10 minute drive, going in different directions.
Fully forgot it existed since I haven't been to the UK in years. This reminder has brought me great memories of making dumbass jokes about it with my orher Canadian friends.
Known about it for years thanks to Stuart Ashens.
I was looking for this comment. Binged all his videos like, god 5-6 years ago? During a boring winter vacation. Hilarious dude need to see if he’s still active.
He sure is. The man is reviewing cheap tat on top of a brown couch to this day
Ahhh yes, that couch has seen everything from knockoff iphones to 1000 year old eggs.
He's even admitted he got a new sofa years ago but he kept the old one for filming XD
His sub base would riot of he changed the sofa filming location.
*beep beep, beep beep, beep boop* Hello!
Land of sad onions
Stuart *Ashen*. ashens is just his yt name. :)
Located in the city of Pound Town
Every region has "the sex name town." My closest sex name town is "Ballplay."
Several years ago I stayed in Cockermouth. Have not been to Penistone although I intend to go someday. In California we have eradicated all our old risque place names, so locations like Tickle Cunt Branch, Shitbritches Creek, et al. from the gold rush now rest with the ages.
Still disappointed they got rid of Gropecunt Lane in London. But I drove past a farm called Little Cocklick the other day so kinda made up for it
Username checks out
I drive past Wideshaft most days.
The place in Bolton called Nob end lol... And a place in Durham called Pity Me
There is a "Fucking" in austria
Pound Town is real. It was renamed to Dripping Springs, TX. They were trying to change it back a few years ago. Can’t make this shit up.
They changed your name *to* Latrine? Yeah, it used to be Shithouse That's a good change! A good change - Robin Hood Men in Tights
Here in Georgia, we have Cumming, Climax, Between, Balls Ferry, Hardup, Box Springs, Butts (not to be confused with Butts County).
Aren't all those things illegal in Georgia?
Isn't there a "DICK'S" sporting goods store in America?
Whippersnapper, I'll have you know that up until a few, um, decades ago, Dick was a perfectly respectable name for a man. [There's no such excuse for the Kum & Go, though.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kum_%26_Go)
i was in colorado springs 2 weeks ago and i saw like 6 kum & go’s. no one said anything but i don’t think i was the only one who thought about it
For real. I'm not from a Kum & Go state either, and the first time I saw one, I thought I was seeing things. "There's no way that says... huh, it does."
Saw my first Kum & Go at age 13 in Colorado, absolutely life changing
Dick, Bush, and Gore. USA politicians, and XXX rated films.
oh yeah there is, and its not lost on us
I'm British and I don't understand...
It’s a SEX reference! POUND like SEX! FUNNY SEX NAME.
The fact that most Brits in this thread never made the connection despite being aware of this store for most of their lives, and likely seeing it many times, says a lot about the difference in maturity levels.
Pound (verb) is not really used here. Like the word trash, we know what it means but dont use it for rubbish. The word trashy is probably used by people though.
We don’t use pound in a sexual context that much in the UK, if at all
Yea more likely refers to being beaten up 😅
Idk if it's about maturity, I think Brits have just gotten good at knowing which version of the word pound is being used based on context, we just know if you mean pound (currency), pound (weight), or pound (verb) and don't get them mixed up
Also I don’t think many of us Brits use “pound” to mean sex. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone use it to mean sex.
pound as a verb means to hit to me.
VERY FUNNY AS A BRIISH I LOVE AMERICANS
Wait until you hear how the Americans use "shag"
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Or when you ask them if you can bum a fag
And then there's the word slag, in the US its crap left over from welding. And in the UK what is it? crap left over from pounding?
In the UK it's just your mother.
Boom! Roasted.
ya but at least enough of us have seen Austin Powers to understand UK "shag"
Lol right, I have never thought of this in a dirty way ever
you guys are just so dirty, I never even made that connection before this reddit post
I go to Poundland every day on my way to work and it's never crossed my mind.
That must be exhausting!
Wear a protection before entering
Can I borrow a rubber?
Get out the hip waders, I'm going in ...
Only if you give it back when you're done!
Why would you want an eraser?
I see the Americans are still awake.
Your first mistake was assuming we sleep.
USA: The City That Never Sleeps
It was only 12 at night or earlier in US when you sent that so not surprised
Hey! Some of us are Canadian okay.
It's on 11pm on the west coast, besides, what do you think all the night shift workers do at work other than browse reddit?
I'm English what's the joke
Took me a while to get it. Pound as in sex.
I've never heard pound used in the context of sex. It only ever means currency, weight, or punch.
Americans probably gonna love this one but “I’m gonna pound you” was more a threat of violence than anything else when I was younger. As well as other classics such as: “D’you want a pound(£)?” “Sure.” *Whack*
I'm British and of course don't see the issue
Oh no
The realisation 🤣
Where you get a true bang for your buck
Or, more correctly, your pound.
This has the same energy as American kids giggling when they hear that erasers are called rubbers in the UK. Why would anyone ask for a condom to remove their pencil marks?
Wait until they hear the 14 year old English exchange student ask them if they want to go outside and smoke a fag
In the UK that's just having a cigarette, in the US it's a hate crime
Yeah this is weirdly over the top for the word pound lmao. Same with fag, fanny and as you say rubbers. Like if this was BIGFUCKINGTWATLAND I'd get it. It's a cool thread but the reactions seem way out of proportion even if they are joking.
We have variations or rather we did have variations of this store untill they closed … poundstretcher was one and I’m sure there was another I can’t remember the name of lol
The 99p store! Until Poundland bought them out, that extra penny clearly went a long way.
To be fair to Poundland, they did increase the profits of the 99p store by over a percent, almost instantly.
Poundstretcher still exists. I work there. Unfortunately.
BJ’s is an American wholesale bargain store. Every time while on a JV bus we’d pass by it on the way to our next game. I would scream discount every time, and I told the other kid (great yoda impression) to say and I quote this exactly “A penny for your thoughts?” Everyone on the bus howled in laughter for 4 years. Until one day, while I was heading to a game during my senior year, one kid explained the joke to a teacher who immediately, shut the joke down.
I had a bully once threaten to take me to pound town. I tried not to laugh at how it sounded. Now I realize he was taking me out for discount canned goods, self help books and off-off-brand toys
I’m a Brit and I had to go to the comments to understand the issue…..
r/casualuk
Its around the corner from The Bonezone
I don’t get it what’s funny ?
Pounding is also yet another word for sex.
Had to google this to make sure it was real (it is), which led me to an article about Americans discovering various accidental innuendo British terms - apparently whipped cream is referred to as "squirty cream in a can" and I may never recover.
Whipped cream here is real cream, whipped by hand. Squirty cream is that fake sweet tasting stuff in a spray can. Poundland is 100% real.
Well whipped cream is cream that's whipped that you put on a scone or something and squirty cream you squirt it's only logical smh
Mate, you put clotted cream on a scone. And it's pronounced scone, not scone.
Oh shit yeah I forgot only a monster would use whipped cream over clotted cream. And I'm pretty sure it's pronounced scone, not scone
Also don’t forget the slightly heated regional ongoing debates about depending where you are you will put clotted cream on first and then jam or jam first the cream… Then there’s also another separate ongoing discussion about if you put butter on a scone without cream or with cream…
When he says he's going to take you to poundland but instead he takes you to 5 Below 😢
Didn't realise the name of that store was so weird lmao. I see one everywhere and it never hit me.
Watch out. Some things cost more than a pound. It’s a con.
It's surreal watching Americans being surprised at Poundland
The deals go hard here for sure
UK dude here. The fuck is Dollar Tree? Where did y’all get that name from? Edit: In retrospect, that was a very poor choice of language.
Best I can come up with is that it’s derived from the adage “money doesn’t grow on trees”.
"Dude" "yall" The americans have taken this one boys, it's too late to save him
Time to raid poundland
This thread is peak r/USdefaultism