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This local news anchor’s awkward joke fell horribly flat

Well done, that man.

IF YOUR DAD had a penchant for making things inappropriate and uneasy, this would definitely have been the first joke to pop into his head when chatting about eating in space.

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The British Columbia CKPG trio were chatting about astronauts eating fresh food in space, when Richard Abney made the classic ‘Uranus’ joke.

Well, at least he looks pleased with himself.

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By Nicola Byrne. Originally published on DailyEdge.ie. 

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    Mute John Madden
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    Aug 14th 2015, 3:12 PM

    Awful joke.. I wonder did he planet

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    Mute Beachmaster
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    Aug 14th 2015, 3:15 PM

    I thought it was out of this world.

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    Mute Jake Race
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    Aug 14th 2015, 4:01 PM

    That is NOT funny!

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    Mute Jordan O'Byrne
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    Aug 14th 2015, 4:35 PM

    Did he Apollo gise afterwards?

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    Mute Mayo Weather
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    Aug 14th 2015, 2:45 PM

    Clearly a saturnical news site.

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    Mute Richard Cynical
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    Aug 14th 2015, 2:54 PM

    that news presenter is a bit of an asre

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    Aug 14th 2015, 3:11 PM

    you should just lettuce make up our own minds.

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    Aug 14th 2015, 2:47 PM

    love when these jokes turnip.

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    Mute Shane Mc Quillan
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    Aug 14th 2015, 4:09 PM

    I thought it was a stellar joke!

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    Mute Beachmaster
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    Aug 14th 2015, 2:30 PM

    Rocket lettuce!

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    Mute Ladude
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    Aug 14th 2015, 2:51 PM

    don’t think there’s mushroom on uranus.

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    Aug 14th 2015, 5:56 PM

    there’s a town in America called Myanus and somebody asked was there anybody famous ever here and the resident said “Mel Gibson was in Myanus”…….true story….

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    Aug 14th 2015, 2:40 PM

    Fu*kin Brutal !

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    Aug 14th 2015, 3:13 PM

    The internet will be outraged in 3 2 1 …

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    Aug 14th 2015, 4:18 PM

    Quality

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    Aug 14th 2015, 4:06 PM

    Well that was a load of s’hite

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    Mute Nicholas J Campbell
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    Aug 14th 2015, 2:55 PM

    Ha. Ok it wasn’t that bad. He could of just said eating Uranus but he chose to make it about growth. Also Awesome space plants. Nebula nutrition at it’s finest.

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    Aug 14th 2015, 4:20 PM

    Canadians are not funny

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    Aug 14th 2015, 4:37 PM

    It’s pronounced you-ran-us you ig-nor-amus.

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    Aug 14th 2015, 7:06 PM

    your-anus….like anal-y-sis..

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    Aug 14th 2015, 8:34 PM

    Great expression from the girl on the left.
    Love the way she continued:
    ‘The sun will be shining brightly….’

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    Mute Michael Sands
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    Aug 14th 2015, 8:47 PM

    It wasn’t the grass that tickled Uranus…
    It was your granny’s finger?

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    Aug 14th 2015, 7:20 PM

    I guess you could say he made a ‘wrong’ move. Star.

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    Aug 14th 2015, 8:44 PM

    Be worse if he said to the co-anchor that Uranus Saturn a chair waiting for a Neptune moment for a good joke?

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    Aug 14th 2015, 8:46 PM

    Uranus must have fallen asleep… How do you know…
    Because I heard it snoring lol.

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