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26th Nov 2016

One GENIUS suggestion for Oldham Council’s new gritter melts the competition away

Salty stuff

Nooruddean Choudry

You will no doubt be aware by now of Oldham Council’s unfortunate error.

Failing to learn from the ‘Boaty McBoatface’ fiasco that caused national uproar earlier in the year, the Greater Manchester conurbation decided to put the naming of their brand new salt-rock grit dispenser to the Great British public.

Suffice to say this was a bad idea.

Image result for boaty mcboatface

The request, via Twitter, was no doubt done with the best of intentions, but some of the responses were saltier (and grittier) than anything the brand new vehicle could spray out.

As we reported earlier in the week, the suggestions ranged from light entertainment to very dark humour indeed. Here are just a few of the pitches…

https://twitter.com/CosyFT/status/801702821926203392

https://twitter.com/wren154/status/801694877633413120

https://twitter.com/petehayman/status/801687098021576704

https://twitter.com/Inst_4_Studies/status/801549154149421060

https://twitter.com/Mwdsly/status/801537270981476352

https://twitter.com/HSV_Valiant/status/801556653334286341

https://twitter.com/GarethSoye/status/801561812449853440

However, despite the fierce competition, we honestly think we have a clear winner. In fact, it’s actual genius. Behold the brilliance of this effort from Natalie a.k.a @Transsomething…

Salt-sational!