Ed Balls The Meme: Two Years On
How will you be celebrating Ed Balls Meme day on April 28?
by Nigel Howard
This Sunday is the two year anniversary of Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls accidentally tweeting, instead of searching for, his name.
Since that fateful day the internet has been sharing the Ed Balls joy in any format it can get its hands on.
It’s not too late to join in the planned mass retweet or you could *cough* *cough* buy one of our amazing Ed Balls t-shirts.
Let’s look back at all the web-fun it’s inspired.
The tweet that began it all…
Ed Balls
— Ed Balls (@edballsmp) April 28, 2011
Strange words appeared on posters on the London Underground…
Via @FelicityMorse
News spread to the U.S…
People tried to make sense of the situation with flowcharts…
Wikipedia was updated…
Via @thug_lessons
Then it began in pubs…
Via @MrHarryCole
The Shining Was Remixed
And then came the movie posters..
Via @QuantumPirate
As far away as Mars…
Via @Hypnagog
It influenced the British weather…
Via @EN_Somat
And our fruit bowls..
by @astrotomato
A dire prediction of the future…
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