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"And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was P&O Cruises, and Hell followed with him."
P&O cruises, if you didn't guess by the name, is a cruise ship travel company.
They're also one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, judging by this absolutely batsh** ludicrous tweet.
We're proud to announce that the name of our new ship, launched in 2020, will be decided by YOU our guests! https://t.co/yfnVHcEW5g— P&O Cruises (@P&O Cruises) 1477511759
Even your technophobe racist auntie knows this is a pandora's box tweet. Who signed off on this?
It's not about the inevitable Boaty McBoatfaces and Harambes in the replies, it's the fact they were willing to do this mind-numbing trade-off for a bit of free PR.
Anyway, the lemmings came to play:
@pandocruises Boaty McBoatface!!! 😂😂— Ben (@Ben) 1477511830
@pandocruises HMS Harambe— Will (@Will) 1477565460
@pandocruises Cruisy McCruise.— Unredacted Blue (@Unredacted Blue) 1477566992
@pandocruises Cruisy McCruiseface?— The-Olas (@The-Olas) 1477511882
As well as some actually creative entries:
@pandocruises Titanic II, This time it really is unsinkable(ish).— Tooth Fairy Denier (@Tooth Fairy Denier) 1477567910
@pandocruises Gerald. Gerald the ship.— Garry Vaux Illustrator (@Garry Vaux Illustrator) 1477568190
And our personal favourite:
The new 5,200-passenger ship will weigh 180,000 tons and begin service in 2020, with construction beginning next year at Meyer Werft’s Papenburg shipyard in Germany.
The ship claims to be:
the most environmentally efficient ship in the history of P&O Cruises. Powered at sea and in port by liquefied natural gas, exhaust emissions will be significantly reduced to help protect the environment.
By the time the good ship Boaty McHarambeface launches, companies will also stop using banal guerilla (gorilla, surely? - Ed.) marketing tactics on social media. Or at least, we can only hope.
The UK economy's growth rate slowed by the way.
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