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Weather Forecasting Coconut (lemmy.zip)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/antiquememesroadshow

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[–] MacedWindow 52 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

"Ripping off" really? This joke is ancient. You could probably find it in a farmers almanac from the 1850's.

Edit: Here's an article with many more examples of "weather stones"

[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago

Well-reasoned comment with adequate sources

Sir, this is the internet.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago

1850's

Which is like the 1850s except with bad spelling.