Theresa May posed with Article 50, and everyone is making the same joke
Note to all politicians: Never pose whilst writing anything. Ever.
Donald Trump posed after signing an executive order, and now there's over thirty twitter accounts dedicated to taking the piss precisely out of that moment.
scary pic.twitter.com/3TkDijLZPX
— Trump Draws (@TrumpDraws) March 28, 2017
me rn pic.twitter.com/mMd46f7FvM
— Trump Draws (@TrumpDraws) March 24, 2017
leprakan pic.twitter.com/zzvDbn174F
— Trump Draws (@TrumpDraws) March 17, 2017
But now Theresa May has had her own Trump Draws moment, after she was forced to pose for cameras whilst signing Article 50.
Fortunately, everyone was mature about it and didn't take the... oh no, they did take the piss. Massively so.
Whilst people have been beautifully creative, as ever, the main joke that everyone has gone for this time is that she's writing to Eminem.
Dear Slim, I wrote to you but you still ain't calling pic.twitter.com/YI5EhCnmtt
— Emily Faulkner (@EmilyJoanne37) March 29, 2017
Dear Slim, I wrote you, but you still ain't callin'.
— Aíne ☀️ (@ainemagu) March 28, 2017
I left my cell, my pager and my home phone at the bottom. pic.twitter.com/1JOuYrUokm
Dear Slim, I wrote you, but you still ain't callin'
— Tom Parkes (@TomParkes_) March 29, 2017
I left my cell, my pager and my home phone at the bottom. pic.twitter.com/Kvs49VJveJ
Dear Mr I'm Too Busy Writing EU Laws To Write My Fans...
'Dear Stan, I wrote but you still ain't called.....' #WriteTheArticle50Letter pic.twitter.com/nLezR8EGu1
— Zee Mitha (@ZeeZooMeeMoo1) March 28, 2017
@KhandBapa "must be a problem with the post office or somethin' ".... (which my party privatized at a loss)
— Zee Mitha (@ZeeZooMeeMoo1) March 28, 2017
I've seen 6 different 'Dear Slim,...' Article 50 tweets today.
— Sam Chaplin (@SamChaplin) March 29, 2017
Other favourites include the "Dear Diary" format...
"Dear Diary, today I anihilated the future of the youth, pandered to morons, ignored all the facts and ruined a country" pic.twitter.com/zTGfQtACOn
— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) March 28, 2017
Dear diary,
— Theodore Twombly (@Kacybraying) March 29, 2017
Mood: apathetic pic.twitter.com/sYDLzvHjbR
And the break-up letter
The night before the #Article50 letter arrives in Brussels to trigger #Brexit divorce negotiations... pic.twitter.com/3PCyPzFM3C
— Lee Petts (@_environmentor) March 28, 2017
and confessions
Theresa May writes Brexit letter to the EU. pic.twitter.com/YGhVeUDLW6
— Rossalyn Warren (@RossalynWarren) March 28, 2017
But mostly people feel sorry for Theresa May and have left her alone. After all, she campaigned to remain, and is now doing this against her own better judgement.
"I had to trigger Article 50. It would have been too embarrassing otherwise."
— Scott (@Flying_Inside) March 29, 2017
"So you're going to leave the EU... out of embarrassment?" pic.twitter.com/GplKt8VwLk
But at least she briefly distracted everyone from making this terrible joke...
Follow @jimmfeltonHope you remembered to set your clocks forward 1 hr on Sunday. Today we set our clocks back 44 years #BrexitDay #Article50
— Nick Lyes (@nicholaslyes) March 29, 2017