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There was a mad scramble to crack jokes about Easter eggs not being essential – 10 double-yolkers

For a while on Monday, Twitter was convinced that the police had been telling shops to stop stocking Easter eggs because they “aren’t essential”. It was like the time KFC ran out of chicken, only worse, because people have more time on their hands.

There was a scramble to crack jokes.

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When Downing Street stepped in to clarify matters, it only encouraged more pisstaking.

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But it seems the jobsworths in question were from Environmental Health, not the police, although we still can’t fathom their reasoning.

This rebuke from George Osborne, yes – George Osborne – was directed at the wrong people, but a wake-up call, nonetheless.

And we don’t mean stocks of Easter eggs from shops.

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