Regna@lemmy.world to Bone Apple Tea@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agoWho knew currants could be so deadlylemmy.worldimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up177file-text
arrow-up177imageWho knew currants could be so deadlylemmy.worldRegna@lemmy.world to Bone Apple Tea@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
Taken from a Swedish news broadcast (a sad story about a father and his child who drowned when swimming in a river).
minus-squareSouthFresh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 months agoAnd of course, the United States being the United States only recently lifted their ban on black currants.
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 months agoIt was banned because they were worried about the spread of white pine blister rust fungus which was killing white pine trees.
minus-squareSouthFresh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoOh, I was completely aware. I was making a joke regarding institutional racism, but now I’ve had to explain a joke.
And of course, the United States being the United States only recently lifted their ban on black currants.
It was banned because they were worried about the spread of white pine blister rust fungus which was killing white pine trees.
Oh, I was completely aware. I was making a joke regarding institutional racism, but now I’ve had to explain a joke.