According to the product's description: 'This candle started as a joke between perfumer Douglas Little and GP—the two were working on a fragrance, and she blurted out, "Uhhh.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11688963/Gwyneth-Paltrow-closes-UK-Goop-store-losing-1-4million-revenue.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Another quipped as a joke: "Unfortunate situation that members of the Royal Family can't afford shoe laces…", while one more added: "My father messaged our group chat to enquire as to why they’ve taken Princess Charlotte’s shoelaces."

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1844244/prince-william-kate-christmas-card-missing

A quarter of youth justify their forwarding of a sexted image as a joke.

Source: https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2023/4/15/23682591/protect-children-sexual-extortion-sexting

Chapek's firing and Iger's return were so sudden that it was taken as a joke and/or hack at first; the news went out with a press release, with Disney staff as shocked to learn about it as the public and investors were.

Source: https://comicbook.com/irl/news/disney-bob-chapek-severance-payment-paycheck-money-salary-amount-explained/

Deciding earlier to step back from competitive dance in college and applying to be a leprechaun almost as a joke, Englhardt said she didn’t tell her family she was trying out until actually making the cheer team.

Source: https://ndsmcobserver.com/2023/05/notre-dame-cheerleading-announces-2023-2024-leprechaun-squad/

It was meant as a joke, but people ended up loving it, so he kept making it.

Source: https://www.wnd.com/2023/09/grilled-ice-apparently-real-street-snack/

"I used to have two pet birds called Wattle and Carlos when I was younger and I just said it as a joke for the name one day," she said.

Source: https://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/8189914/meet-wattle-and-carlos-new-jewellery-business-paves-way-with-clay/?src=rss

McPherson said he got into rapping as a joke when he was 12.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/teen-rapper-in-tulita-n-w-t-plans-to-release-new-album-in-early-2024-1.7065652?cmp=rss

“My post has caused some amusement to random people that I messaged because someone replied as a joke that it belonged to them.”

Source: https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/23524820.windy-day-winchester-blows-mystery-tent-familys-garden/?ref=rss

One friend told me his teenage daughter made it clear that she and her friends would have absolutely nothing to do with a guy who spouts Tate’s ideas, even as a joke.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/to-mitigate-tate-s-hate-more-men-must-step-up-to-the-plate-20230111-p5cbtx.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_lifestyle

One university employee said: "The applicants are so woke, they don't mean it as a joke."

Source: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/students-demand-glory-holes-campus-31291963

She said: “I was minding my own business and this girl threw her drink on my dress as a joke to antagonise me and see if I’d react how I did on the show.

Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/21108005/love-island-fight-malia-kady-haris-shaq/

That's not to say I've never been banned (temporarily by ops with authority issues or as a joke), you've probably had been so yourself if you spent a lot of time on IRC.

Source: https://games.slashdot.org/story/23/08/30/2122229/call-of-duty-will-use-ai-to-moderate-voice-chats?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

The cryptocurrency was launched as a joke later that year and remained largely without value for years - like thousands of other coins.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/elon-musk-dogecoin-cryptocurrency-surges-after-twitter-logo-change-3396066?cid=cna_flip_070214

"The idea for the song started as a joke.

Source: https://www.joe.ie/music/donald-glover-robbie-williams-this-is-america-music-video-772145

The majority of the BVI public saw it as a joke when you announced.

Source: https://bvinews.com/they-were-trying-to-push-me-out/

“Then, as a joke, I said I would send the person who helped me get the car a nude photograph if you help us find a car.

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/09/05/nudes-for-war-effort-campaign-backs-ukrainian-parliaments-porn-legalisation-bill

The trans “genocide” doesn’t even qualify as a joke.

Source: https://hotair.com/david-strom/2023/03/23/another-man-is-killing-it-in-womens-sports-n538835

“The whole story about Brady didn’t have to be the highest paid QB because his wife was rich was something he said on a late night talk show as a joke and people ran with it.”

Source: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/01/25/brandon-beane-bengals-have-advantage-of-joe-burrow-and-jamarr-chase-on-rookie-contracts/

“We’ve sold this product since February as a joke, beginning with our tompouce festival, not knowing it would be mentioned again in the media in September,” owner Henk-Jan van Maanen told Dutch News.

Source: https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/11/crompouce-crackdown-half-baked-fad-may-mean-big-bucks/