Could This Be, What Some Of Our Foreign Aid To Nigeria Is Spent On?

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6871399/Nigerians-flying-UK-pizzas-4-000-miles-BA-flights.html

[Rockrose]

Maybe, maybe not

[anotheoldgit]

Rockrose

/// Maybe, maybe not ///

Once again proof that it is not constuctive to ask a question on ANSWERBANK, but to make a direct statement.

But then if one did there is always those who will pipe in with the comment "What's your question"?

[Zacs-Master]

When you ask such a basic question which is impossible to prove one way or the other, there's not really a debatable point. You'll just end up with peoples (often biased and nonfactual) comments.

Still, As Naomi says, it keeps AB going.

[ChillDoubt]

Everybody is aware of today’s date, yes?

[dannyk13]

Apparently not everybody lol

[ToraToraTora]

well it's an export!

[youngmafbog]

The problem is that these days anything is believable such is the mess the liberal Western world is in.

Still, most likely, this is the Mails April fools story.

[retrocop]

I know we have Pizza Express but they will be cold and soggy by the time they get to Lagos! :-)

[anotheoldgit]

/// Still, most likely, this is the Mails April fools story. ///

Ah yes, could well be, I should have consulted my calendar. lol

[anotheoldgit]

Time that silly outdated tradition was scrapped, in this day and age of 'false news'.

[agchristie]

One order was flown out to Honolulu.It was a Hawaiian pizza ;-)

[ChillDoubt]

Apparently they couldn’t keep up with demand for calzone’s, so the operation folded......

[jackthehat]

I agree, AOG.
The DM ought to have chosen something its' target-readership are less likely to 'swallow' whole.
Still, I suppose it illustrates just how easy it is to pander to people's prejudices without them employing their own critical-thinking faculties.

[Sqad]

LOL....well it fooled me....and Rockrose and Zacs apparently.
Well done Daily Mail........very good.

[ChillDoubt]

And yet.....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47769857

[spathiphyllum]

"Well done Daily Mail........very good."


Well they do know their audience well.

[spathiphyllum]

Nigerians - pizza - uk airline owned by spanish company.

Storm in a tea cup for mail readers and that's just from the title, let alone if they read further ;)

[anotheoldgit]

Seems like it wasn't an all fools joke after all, this from 2 days ago which was the 30th of March I believe.

https://metro.co.uk/2019/03/30/nigerians-ordering-pizza-london-using-british-airways-deliver-9069706/

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/nigerians-pizza-british-airways-agriculture-minister-a4104661.html

[spathiphyllum]

This is a non story. I do not see what the problem is, IF it is even true.

[anotheoldgit]

ChillDoubt

Don't let that get in the way of the Anti-Daily Mail brigade from have their usual dig.