‘What is your biggest low-stake conspiracy on the UK?’ – 23 very inconsequential hypotheses about life in Britain
13.
‘They put sweet corn in tuna sandwiches to bulk the weight up because sweet corn isn’t real food and tuna is expensive.’
–bevtheape
14.
‘Red Leicester Mini Cheddars was a successful attempt to make a better cheddar Mini Cheddar but they bottled it when it came to removing the old one.’
–_-pete-
15.
‘That Claudia Winkleman wears a wig. So when she is not working she can go about her daily business in peace.’
–Empowerthis91
16.
‘Puffins aren’t real, they where created to sell boat trips to tourists.’
–braverthanweare
17.
‘The hot honey trend is a way of companies covering up the enshitification of their products by adding a sugar and spice hit to hide the change in/lack of flavour.’
–shauncheese
18.
‘When you pump an exact amount of petrol/diesel (eg £10.00) they’ll add 1p hanging up the nozzle so you’ll purchase something at the till to round it up.’
–LemonFit4532
19.
‘Tesco online marks all their cheaper products out of stock to force you to buy the expensive stuff but if you go to the shop they pick it from it’s ALL there.’
–georgiasophie
20.
‘The BBC used to use a tilted map on its weather forecasts to make Scotland appear smaller as a way to undermine support for Scottish independence.’
–FatRascal_
21.
‘The “Extra” brand of motorway services designed their logo to look a bit like the McDonalds logo to trick drivers into stopping there.’
–shitthrower
22.
‘PJ got blinded in Byker Grove because the writer’s partner left them for someone who ran a paintball place, so putting a generation of kids off paintballing was a way to get revenge.’
–docju
23.
‘The Duke of Edinburgh awards scheme is basically a creating a territorial army hardening up teens in case an enemy state invade. A list of the current gold holders is held by MI5.’
–FloozyInTheJacussi
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