Right Said Fred got their Covid maths wrong and the mockery was non-stop – 17 chart-topping takedowns
10.
Deeply Dippy about the way you count. pic.twitter.com/dGTK6amjox
— Supertanskiii (@supertanskiii) September 2, 2021
11.
So if you're 47 percent too sexy for your shirt, does that mean you are or you aren't? https://t.co/o4MIHTWsKH
— Hugo Rifkind (@hugorifkind) September 2, 2021
12.
My brain hurts from exposure to this higher level math https://t.co/va3xhENRec
— Wojtek Kopczuk 🇵🇱🇺🇦 (@wwwojtekk) September 2, 2021
13.
The thing about that Right Said Fred tweet is that we’re constantly told we can’t call people stupid, even when the evidence is so, so, so compelling.
— Prof Paul Bernal (@PaulbernalUK) September 2, 2021
14.
https://twitter.com/ValterSkarsgard/status/1433368880206974980?s=20
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https://twitter.com/GrundyOxford/status/1433361902537777159?s=20
16.
Jesus, you can’t even understand simple statistics🤦♂️
Project Fear is alive and well.
— NewsMuse (@NewsMuse1) September 2, 2021
17.
Can someone explain maths to Right Said Fred? Wow, what a sentence to say in 2021. https://t.co/MyKnewroiK
— Kenny McIntosh 🏳️🌈 (@KennyMcITR) September 2, 2021
To conclude.
Hahahahahahahaha https://t.co/2mbRbAtAgB
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) September 2, 2021
In three words.
Wrong Said Fred 🙄 https://t.co/Ps3YLAWt9r
— Tim Burgess (@Tim_Burgess) September 2, 2021
UPDATE
The band later said the original tweet was a joke.
Obviously with this tweet I was taking the piss, sadly the twitterati failed to see that. Ffs 🤦♂️ #givemestrength pic.twitter.com/QUB77gYOCm
— Right Said Fred (@TheFreds) September 2, 2021
Not everyone appeared to be buying it, though.
Can you explain the joke? I may be stupid but I don't get it.
— Otto English (@Otto_English) September 2, 2021
"Omg I was JOKING omg you've made yourselves look REALLY STUPID here I was JOKING hahahaha honestly am LAUGHING right now" pic.twitter.com/0dXc0D66Sl
— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) September 2, 2021
Good grief. https://t.co/aTIjaji4fB
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) September 2, 2021
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