【Dear Utol (2025): Chick! Episode 47】

LONDON -- The Dear Utol (2025): Chick! Episode 47joke about losing a friend to a new relationship has been floating around for a long, long time -- but these guys really took it to a whole other level.

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Last week Ben Hull, a student at St Mary's University in Twickenham, UK, shared two images from a "funeral" they had for their friend Adam Milner.

The twist was, Milner hadn't exactly been "taken" in the traditional sense.

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At the time of writing, Hull's tweet about the fake funeral has been shared well over 6000 times.

You really can't fault the level of effort they went to.

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They even got dressed up for the somber occasion.

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"We all live on a floor together and spend a lot of time going out to nights out and all sorts, Hull told BuzzFeed.

"Then suddenly he got a girlfriend, and we saw him less and less."

At least his memory will live on.

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