# Making British guards smile

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-british-guards-smile/470030>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 29, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-british-guards-smile/470030 "2008-10-29T02:12:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-british-guards-smile/470030/1 "2008-10-29T02:12:23Z")

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I have heard this is quite a sport. Have any of you been able to make a guard smile?

[These guys did.](http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/1029246/)

Will the guards get reprimanded if they are caught grinning at some tourist nonsense?

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-british-guards-smile/470030/2 "2008-10-29T02:20:18Z")

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That wasn’t even funny. That guard deserves the comfy chair.