# A photo of Nigel Farage is rather popular in Malaysia

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-photo-of-nigel-farage-is-rather-popular-in-malaysia/758920>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 2, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-photo-of-nigel-farage-is-rather-popular-in-malaysia/758920 "2016-07-02T14:29:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-photo-of-nigel-farage-is-rather-popular-in-malaysia/758920/1 "2016-07-02T14:29:26Z")

</div>

If your mind is suitably in the gutter, click the [link](http://metro.co.uk/2016/07/01/this-is-why-a-picture-of-nigel-farage-is-going-viral-in-malaysia-5979347/) to bring a smile to your day.

Languages are wonderful things, especially for the cunning.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-photo-of-nigel-farage-is-rather-popular-in-malaysia/758920/2 "2016-07-02T15:35:59Z")

</div>

All I know is, that cat needs to try decaf.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-photo-of-nigel-farage-is-rather-popular-in-malaysia/758920/3 "2016-07-02T17:05:48Z")

</div>

Even as an English speaker, I immediately thought those repeated strings of four letters were spelling out “PUKI” and not “UKIP”, not being all that familiar with the latter as an American. Does the party have something against spaces?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-photo-of-nigel-farage-is-rather-popular-in-malaysia/758920/4 "2016-07-02T18:13:37Z")

</div>

> [@glowacks](#):
>
> Does the party have something against spaces

They think empty spaces are a standing invitation to Rumanians and Poles to come and live in them.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-photo-of-nigel-farage-is-rather-popular-in-malaysia/758920/5 "2016-07-02T22:18:37Z")

</div>

> [@Quartz](#):
>
> **A photo of Nigel Farage is rather popular in Malaysia**

He’s one ugly beast, that is sure, but I pity the poor bastards who’d skin, cook, and eat him as some right-wing cure for Impotency.

“Mung-Mung Wang-Tang?”  
“Sorry. We don’t serve diseased British here…”

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-photo-of-nigel-farage-is-rather-popular-in-malaysia/758920/6 "2016-07-02T23:02:01Z")

</div>

> [@Count\_Blucher](#):
>
> He’s one ugly beast, that is sure…

I keep telling myself that I should focus on issues, not personalities or appearance, but I repeatedly fail when it comes to Farage. Every single time I see his face, I think of [these](https://justseventhings.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/1026855_39747651-laughing-clowns.jpg).