Adding to what Weasel wrote, a lot of Essex girl jokes were adapted into Spice Girl jokes in the late 90's... such as...

A Spice Girl walks into a pub with a pig on a string. The barman takes one look at the pair and says in disgust, "good God, where'd you get that awful thing??"

"Won it in a raffle," says the pig

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