dnewsbydude Sri Lanka declares all Wednesdays off to conserve energyhttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g5n58rlnzoOpen linkView original on lemmings.world58Comments6Reply
CCarrolade lemmy.world1Hide 1 reply 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... Anyway, any ideas what that's supposed to mean? edit: I just googled "tricycle driver" and apparently motorozed tricycles are a thing in The Philippines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorized_tricycle_(Philippines)8Reply
CCreamyJalapenoSauce piefed.social1Hide 1 replyI 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...5Reply
iimpolitecarry replylemmy.wtf invent weekmiddle Germans, many hundreds of years ago : "hold my beer". (German word for Wednesday is called Mittwoch, literally, "weekmiddle".)2Reply
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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...
Anyway, any ideas what that's supposed to mean?
edit: I just googled "tricycle driver" and apparently motorozed tricycles are a thing in The Philippines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorized_tricycle_(Philippines)
Holy mother of based
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...
Germans, many hundreds of years ago : "hold my beer".
(German word for Wednesday is called Mittwoch, literally, "weekmiddle".)
Sri Lankans about to get really into March Madness