Bags of potato chips (called “crisps” in the UK) often come packed with a lot of air.
“Ten packets of Walkers crisps have been sent to the International Space Station after reports that they were running low on air” was posted on Twitter by Mick Hawkes (and others) on March 20, 2013. The original joke was probably posted on the Sickipedia website. “Two packets of Walkers crisps have been sent to the International Space Station after reports that they were running low on air” was posted on Sickipedia on March 22, 2022.
Twitter
Mick Hawkes
@smartwasp69
Ten packets of Walkers crisps have been sent to the International Space Station after reports that they were running low on air…
5:32 PM · Mar 20, 2013·Windows Phone
Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
Ten packets of Walkers crisps have been sent to the International Space Station after reports that they were running low on air.
5:45 PM · Mar 20, 2013·TweetDeck
Twitter
Mark Bean
@markkbean
Ten packets of Walkers crisps have been sent to the International Space Station after reports that they were running low on air.
5:54 PM · Mar 20, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
John Hippisley
@CanterburyGhost
Ten packets of Walkers crisps have been sent to the International Space Station after reports that they were running low on air.
7:54 AM · Mar 21, 2017·Twitter for iPhone
Sickipedia
Two packets of Walkers crisps have been sent to the International Space Station after reports that they were running low on air.
Joke by Chum in Other - Sarcasm · March 22, 2022 7:03 PM
Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
Two packets of Walkers crisps have been sent to the International Space Station after reports that they were running low on air.
6:58 PM · Mar 22, 2022·Twitter Web App (Posted after the above.—ed.)
Twitter
Captainshat
@NotcommieCapt
Two packets of Lays have been sent to the International Space Station after reports that they were running low on air…....
12:45 AM · Mar 23, 2022·Twitter Web App
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