The German company that built the forklift used in the Louvre robbery uses a photo of the heist to advertise itself: “When things need to be done quickly.

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/35677284

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18 Comments

trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works · 87 pts · 291d (4 replies)

If you read the fine print, you'll find that they don't only advertise the lift's speed, but also its silent operation when swiftly transporting treasures.

AngularViscosity@piefed.social · 35 pts · 291d (3 replies)

Bold of you to assume I can read

trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 291d (2 replies)

Worse, I assumed you can read German.

GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 291d (1 reply)

this person isn't illiterate, they're blind!

Blinded by Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 290d

She got up in the sky with diamond using this exact forklift

Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social · 30 pts · 291d (1 reply)

When life give you lemons…

Baizey@feddit.dk · 8 pts · 290d

Steal lemonade

FelixCress@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 291d (1 reply)

🤣🤣🤣

... and some people claim Germans don't have a sense of humour.

ik5pvx@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 291d

But it's humour about work.

ooterness@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 291d

Confirmed this really is from Böcker's Instagram, posted in English and in German.

Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 291d (1 reply)

That is not a forklift.

exu@feditown.com · 9 pts · 291d

True, I just kept the original title. Blame that guy

plebeian@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 291d

This is quintessentially lemmyshitpost ! This is soooo good

atro_city@fedia.io · 9 pts · 291d (3 replies)

Good marketing. Must have a Brit working on the team.

trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 291d (2 replies)

Not necessarily. German humour is full of of sarcasm, which is why people who don't get that kind of thing assume Germans have no sense of humour.

porksnort@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 291d (1 reply)

They did invent the word schadenfreude after all. I blame Krampus.

trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 290d

Krampus is an Austrian.

eigenraum@discuss.tchncs.de · -1 pts · 290d

*Notiz an mich: Keine Geräte von denen kaufen oder leihen.