17 funniest times people thought it was a work event just like Boris Johnson

After Boris Johnson tried to excuse his presence at a boozy Downing Street garden party by saying he thought it was a work event, the internet was full of people remembering the occasion they too thought it was a work event.

We’ve read them all – well, quite a lot of them – so you don’t have to, and here are our 17 favourites.

1.

“We believed this was a work event” pic.twitter.com/NcNqFORsDz

— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) January 12, 2022

2.

I thought it was a work event. pic.twitter.com/b9CT6DIwdU

— Rob Beckett (@robbeckettcomic) January 12, 2022

3.

"I thought it was a work event" pic.twitter.com/4xt7vZafYe

— Conor Pope (@Conorpope) January 12, 2022

4.

https://twitter.com/KP24/status/1481510787546034178?s=20

5.

“I thought I was at a work meeting” pic.twitter.com/0NdBEqSVMW

— Alan White (@aljwhite) January 12, 2022

6.

“I thought it was a work event” pic.twitter.com/AevYvWMAIZ

— Will Davies (@davies_will) January 12, 2022

7.

https://twitter.com/AnaOpp/status/1481239080771981324?s=20

8.

We didn’t realise it wasn’t a work event. pic.twitter.com/Nll496tMDJ

— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) January 13, 2022

9.

"Party… Work event… " pic.twitter.com/r8hE5ZLCPc

— Captain Howdy (@MajorPazuzu) January 12, 2022