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[–] sndmn@lemmy.ca 77 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Okay, we'll give you 1 million eggs for the state of Alaska.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 26 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Buy Manhattan for some eggs and blankets

Spoiler: the blankets are infected with measles

[–] SilverCode@lemm.ee 7 points 4 weeks ago

If you really wanted to screw them over, you would infect the blankets with measles vaccine.

Wait until they wrap the blanket around themselves and then jump out from behind the door and shout "haha! You're now immune to measles! Sucker!"

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 53 points 4 weeks ago

While threatening their colony?

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 38 points 4 weeks ago

Denmark should deliver the extra eggs, personally and ballistically, right to the White House door.

[–] deadkennedy@lemm.ee 35 points 4 weeks ago

lmao, the same people we are bullying for Greenland?! lmao.

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 31 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

This is how Trump will spin his failed conquest of Greenland: it was really just a ploy to extort eggs from Denmark.

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Eggstort. Come on, people.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Gosh, the egg on their face after missing that one.

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It really was quite eggregious.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

These egg puns are atrocious. I'll be glad when they're ova.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

What was the OP even about? This conversation is totally scrambled.

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

When he said rare earth metals, he meant eggs

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 20 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Denmark should send a single egg, accompanied by a note offering assistance in these trying times.

[–] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But did the us say thanks?

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

If I understand the rules correctly, Denmark will need to invade the US before that happens.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 1 points 3 weeks ago

They specifically asked for how many dozens could be delivered.

Not tonnes, thousands or pallets. No, they want any quantity of dozens of eggs.

[–] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 4 weeks ago

It's like they took every stupid political meme in today's discourse, put them into a bag, shook it up, and pulled something out at random.

Is this flooding the zone? Am I being baited?

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 14 points 4 weeks ago

"Go fist yourself." - Denmark.

[–] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 12 points 4 weeks ago
[–] pezhore@infosec.pub 10 points 4 weeks ago
[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Fine. They get 2 dozen eggs in exchange for California.

Just a sec, moving back to California before the deal is final.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

You can't make this shit up

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 15 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

You could, but people would tell you that's fucking stupid and a terrible story.

[–] mmddmm@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

Yes, realism is a really important part of fiction.

[–] pwalker@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

This kinda sounds so stupid I had to fact check it.

  1. Obviously they are just asking around everywhere if any country has even capacity of surplus eggs. So the department of agriculture send out letters to several countries. Also Sweden and Netherlands seem to be among them. Probably many more.
  2. Also I asked myself why they would even ask such small countries. It turns out at least Netherlands and Denmark are #4 and 8 of Egg producers in EU. #7 is Ukraine interestingly, maybe this will be part of the ceasefire negotiations xD Anyway here the full list of top egg producers in EU, interestingly Norway is #1: https://essfeed.com/cracking-open-the-european-egg-industry-unveiling-the-top-producers/
[–] plerwf@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Pretty sure that article is wrong about Mowi/Norway, at least in the sense of egg species. Mowi is a farmed fish company and although they likely produce loads of eggs I don't think salmon roe is what the US needs the most right now

[–] pwalker@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

yeah definitely salmon egg would be the wrong kind of egg

Trump has pissed away all soft power so why in hell would they send us eggs?