Sri Lanka declares all Wednesdays off to conserve energy

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g5n58rlnzo

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Carrolade@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 176d (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)

panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 176d

rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 176d

Holy mother of based

CreamyJalapenoSauce@piefed.social · 5 pts · 176d (1 reply)

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...

impolitecarry@lemmy.wtf · 2 pts · 176d

invent weekmiddle

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

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

ToastedRavioli@midwest.social · 1 pts · 176d

Sri Lankans about to get really into March Madness