Following up on yesterday's tip from GeekWire.
From Business Insider who seem to have adopted the Daily Mail's 400 word headline format:
- Jeff Bezos' new megayacht is being built and needs to pass through Rotterdam once completed.
- It's so big that the historic Koningshaven Bridge may need to be dismantled for it to sail through.
- In response, Rotterdam locals are planning to throw rotten eggs at Bezos' yacht when it passes.
Jeff Bezos' new megayacht is being built in the Netherlands, where it may require a historic bridge be dismantled so it can sail through.
Some Dutch residents definitely won't be egging him on but will instead be chucking eggs at his yacht when it passes.
Rotterdam locals have taken to Facebook to plan an event called "Throwing eggs at Jeff Bezos' superyacht" in protest.
"Calling all Rotterdammers, take a box of rotten eggs with you and let's throw them en masse at Jeff's superyacht when it sails through the Hef in Rotterdam," the event description reads. "Rotterdam was built from the rubble by the people of Rotterdam, and we don't just take that apart for the phallic symbol of a megalomaniac billionaire. Not without a fight!"
As of this writing, roughly 1,200 people have marked themselves going to the event, and 4,900 people are interested in it. The event is slated for June 1....
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