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[–] SpontaneousCombustion@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not sure anybody in the “Dept of War” could point out Toronto or Bahrain on a map.

Absolute morons.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

idk, Bahrain has oil, so they probably know how to find it, if only for that reason

Yeah - fair point.

They can sniff it out like pigs and truffles.

[–] Amuletta@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Bennett says the customers are aware of the situation and have been reimbursed for the products they paid for.

“There’s many layers of hilarity to this that we can all just poke fun (at) and the situation is quite funny, while at the same time, I genuinely want everyone—I’m sad that they didn’t get their order,” Bennett said, with a laugh.

To memorialize what happened, Bennett says the two letters have been framed in their respective offices in Toronto and B.C., both mounted in iridescent, bedazzled frames.