Breaking News an attempted terror attack

[Slaninar]

[quote author=Slaninar link=topic=22738.msg262477#msg262477 date=1497252335]
A game of words I guess, but can't understand the joke.  :wall

You probably have to be British to get it - or aware of the Thames Barrier.
It's a giant gate that swings down and shuts off the river Thames preventing London flooding. So it could be called a dam when in place, hence the ramadam pun!
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Thanks.

"A bit slow on the uptake" is a proper English term? 

Black humour is good IMO... if you can understant it.