• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zipEnglish
    44·
    17 hours ago

    Police, customs authorities, and the Receiver of Wrecks have warned beachcombers not to eat the bananas or to take them home.

    This is the only mention in the linked article.

    • stickly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      10 hours ago

      Receiver of Wrecks is a pretty metal title tho. If he’s telling me to do something I might listen

    • Devial@discuss.onlineEnglish
      36·
      17 hours ago

      But the daily mail said it, it must be correct if the daily mail said it, they’re such a reputable and neutral news organisation, they would never just make up wildly misleading, fear mongering click bait headlines.

      Honestly, how anyone who can string more than two thoughts together would ever think the DM is a reputable source for a claim is a mystery to me.

      • BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        7 hours ago

        I mean at a fundamental level, it probably is illegal. I don’t imagine the original owner stops owning a thing because it fell off the side of a boat, so I’d imagine it’s theft or some seafaring equivalent.

        Is anyone going to get punished for picking up a banana that’s fallen off the side of a boat? I fucking doubt it.

      • JadenSmith@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        23·
        16 hours ago

        People online don’t always seem to realise that the Daily Mail is considered THE worst newspaper publication, in the entire UK. It’s the sort of thing you wouldn’t pick up to line your floor for a new dog.

          • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
            1·
            4 hours ago

            I feel like the daily mail is worse. People know the star is full of shit, so don’t take it seriously. Whereas some people seem to have a perception of the daily mail that it’s somewhat reputable newspaper.