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dude@lemmings.worldM to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Sri Lanka declares all Wednesdays off to conserve energy

www.bbc.com

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Sri Lanka declares all Wednesdays off to conserve energy

www.bbc.com

dude@lemmings.worldM to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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This is the latest in a series of measures undertaken by Asian countries which rely on oil from the Gulf.
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    Marcos also announced cash assistance to tricycle drivers, farmers and…

    So, this must’ve been an autocorrect or something? I don’t see how high fuel prices would hurt any of your local tricycle drivers…

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    edit: I just googled “tricycle driver” and apparently motorozed tricycles are a thing in The Philippines.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorized_tricycle_(Philippines)

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    I used to joke that the 4 day work week never specified which day we got off and that I would pick Wednesday and invent the WeekMiddle. I was kidding, but…

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      invent weekmiddle

      Germans, many hundreds of years ago : “hold my beer”.

      (German word for Wednesday is called Mittwoch, literally, “weekmiddle”.)

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