VW rebranding as Voltswagen was quite amusing.
I wish this were real...
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51002642604_8157bb05b5.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kGVSJY)
VW rebranding as Voltswagen was quite amusing.
That was just making it match how everyone mispronounces it anyway.
This was briefly worrying
https://www.facebook.com/FisherandDonaldson/posts/4077211382310600
A thread to share the best April 1st stories you've come across today.
I'll start by offering up:
https://dutchreview.com/news/dutch-government-announces-english-as-official-language-the-netherlands/
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/04/get-in-line-queues-may-become-compulsory-after-coronavirus/
and for the geeks out there:
https://twitter.com/ptkaster/status/1377427814052335618
Please reply with the best ones you find today.
J
Mark Rutte April 1, 2021 At 09:17
Do you think it’s funny to make such news as a news website? And not mentioning April 1st at all?
I'm pretty sure there's an artisan pickling operation (I just like writing artisan pickling operation) in Brooklyn that does just this.
Spaghetti Hoops IPA.
Spaghetti Hoops IPA.
*want*
For the refusenicks, it is they purveyor of the finest Fudge doughnuts in her graces realm pretending to stop production.VW rebranding as Voltswagen was quite amusing.
That was just making it match how everyone mispronounces it anyway.
This was briefly worrying
https://www.facebook.com/FisherandDonaldson/posts/4077211382310600
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Turns out gin-pickled gherkins are already a real thing - although somewhat disappointingly, they only contain 2% gin...I'm advised that a capful of gin goes down very well on one's morning grapefruit half.
https://shop.baxters.com/products/garners-gin-pickled-gherkins-430g
Heinz doubled down today, not only did they have the Smoup but they had Tiny Rebel producing Spaghetti Hoops IPA.Missed a trick by not getting Michael Jordan or Shaquille O'Neal to promote the hoops.
Google at it again (https://youtu.be/LSZPNwZex9s)
Google at it again (https://youtu.be/LSZPNwZex9s)
Wasn't that some years ago?
Turns out gin-pickled gherkins are already a real thing - although somewhat disappointingly, they only contain 2% gin...
https://shop.baxters.com/products/garners-gin-pickled-gherkins-430g
I've been piackling surplus cucumbers for the last few years, always with juniper berries and a slug of gin
Boak!Spaghetti Hoops IPA.*want*
Doric Bilingual Traffic Signs for North East Scotland (https://bramblegraphics.com/doric-road-signs?fbclid=IwAR0OC3rf_Qjix3f_1GZiCdcvvLamuPHkQzQOMTm0LT58uuG1bt2RWVQXZkM)
Ah but it's for the North east, Furryboottoon would stop being signposted around Stracathro servicesDoric Bilingual Traffic Signs for North East Scotland (https://bramblegraphics.com/doric-road-signs?fbclid=IwAR0OC3rf_Qjix3f_1GZiCdcvvLamuPHkQzQOMTm0LT58uuG1bt2RWVQXZkM)
Someone put a lot of work into that one Although I'm disappointed to learn that Furryboottoon is not included on the signs. I should complain if I were you.
Doric Bilingual Traffic Signs for North East Scotland (https://bramblegraphics.com/doric-road-signs?fbclid=IwAR0OC3rf_Qjix3f_1GZiCdcvvLamuPHkQzQOMTm0LT58uuG1bt2RWVQXZkM)Finnyfaa/Whinnyfold illustrating the f/wh substitution found in Maori. :thumbsup:
Lego...Class.
https://twitter.com/LEGO_Group/status/1377516169813499909
J
F/Wh/W is the transition in Scots, North East, Midlands and Lallans.Doric Bilingual Traffic Signs for North East Scotland (https://bramblegraphics.com/doric-road-signs?fbclid=IwAR0OC3rf_Qjix3f_1GZiCdcvvLamuPHkQzQOMTm0LT58uuG1bt2RWVQXZkM)Finnyfaa/Whinnyfold illustrating the f/wh substitution found in Maori.
Bent riders on Zwift
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210401/33559ca933c3b4aa18ada00156a8173e.jpg)
I'll just leave this thread here: https://twitter.com/kortizceballos/status/1377461051613192194I started but... BEER+<BAR>SLEEP=BRANES OVERLOAD
Cycling UK...
https://www.cyclinguk.org/article/bike-lane-backlash-prompts-high-traffic-neighbourhood-plan (https://www.cyclinguk.org/article/bike-lane-backlash-prompts-high-traffic-neighbourhood-plan)
Update: Please note the publication date of this article!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/01/suez-2-ever-given-grounding-prompts-plan-for-canal-along-egypt-israel-border?fbclid=IwAR1FMjURjO5VSul04ZuafzFCxpJBolhjDO2nGSuEm8CyAdjgso7SeuMWY20 (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/01/suez-2-ever-given-grounding-prompts-plan-for-canal-along-egypt-israel-border?fbclid=IwAR1FMjURjO5VSul04ZuafzFCxpJBolhjDO2nGSuEm8CyAdjgso7SeuMWY20)
Its a backup post ;Dhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/01/suez-2-ever-given-grounding-prompts-plan-for-canal-along-egypt-israel-border?fbclid=IwAR1FMjURjO5VSul04ZuafzFCxpJBolhjDO2nGSuEm8CyAdjgso7SeuMWY20 (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/01/suez-2-ever-given-grounding-prompts-plan-for-canal-along-egypt-israel-border?fbclid=IwAR1FMjURjO5VSul04ZuafzFCxpJBolhjDO2nGSuEm8CyAdjgso7SeuMWY20)
That looks familiar (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=118883.msg2608991#msg2608991).
https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1377904959648378880
I had to double check, apparently this is actually *NOT* an April fool.
J
I liked this:Brill!
https://webshopcyclinginflanders.cc/?fbclid=IwAR1j6BLhlCin0YkwESnNE9jwX31u-6wxo2kZJ3D1vbjuj3ARJEmIYqARmoo
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/01/suez-2-ever-given-grounding-prompts-plan-for-canal-along-egypt-israel-border?fbclid=IwAR1FMjURjO5VSul04ZuafzFCxpJBolhjDO2nGSuEm8CyAdjgso7SeuMWY20 (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/01/suez-2-ever-given-grounding-prompts-plan-for-canal-along-egypt-israel-border?fbclid=IwAR1FMjURjO5VSul04ZuafzFCxpJBolhjDO2nGSuEm8CyAdjgso7SeuMWY20)
That looks familiar (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=118883.msg2608991#msg2608991).
Wonder to what extent it'll go.https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1377904959648378880
I had to double check, apparently this is actually *NOT* an April fool.
J
Oh dear. Someone appears to have opened a tin of flag-nonce-flavoured gammon.
Pupil: and that the union flag is actually a sbol of English failure.