Lurpak jokes spread across Twitter – 21 of the best
As the resignation count hits 13, it’s understandable if news outlets have temporarily taken their eye off one particularly relevant ball – the cost of living crisis.
The ramifications of it were made abundantly clear on Tuesday, when the price of Lurpak hit the headlines.
👀Disbelief as cost of Lurpak hits £9.35 in major supermarket https://t.co/kEUw21AEve
— Sky News (@SkyNews) July 5, 2022
To put that into perspective –
It now takes an hour's work on the Minimum Wage to buy a tub of Lurpak. Let that sink in…. pic.twitter.com/pGmqrW1Vil
— Nic Cicutti 💙 #NHSpay15 (@NicCicutti) July 5, 2022
Before being bumped out of sight by an ever-growing list of disgruntled Tories, Lurpak jokes spread all over Twitter – and these were our favourites.
1.
I have a Lurpak-based NFT for sale for 2.1 million, if anyone's interested?
— Stephen McGann💙 (@StephenMcGann) July 5, 2022
2.
Remortgaging your house to get a pack of Lurpak these days https://t.co/yLwkCVAobw
— Nadine Batchelor-Hunt (@nadinebh_) July 5, 2022
3.
— Toby Earle 🇺🇦 (@TobyonTV) July 5, 2022
4.
Instead of #payrestoration how about a nice tub of Lurpak for all the junior doctors?
— Dr Philip Lee (@drphiliplee1) July 5, 2022
5.
And people said I was mad when I filled my petrol tank with lurpak.
— HappyToast ★ (@IamHappyToast) July 5, 2022
6.
SHOPPERS. Avoid the Lurpak pricing debacle by purchasing my bafflingly aggressive butter substitute: Fool If You Think It’s Clover® https://t.co/CmVoexwPNT
— Sarah Dempster (@Dempster2000) July 5, 2022
7.
Trying to buy Lurpak in 2022 pic.twitter.com/64ZSdD2u1V
— SHANE REACTION (@imshanereaction) July 5, 2022
8.
If I cancel my Netflix subscription AND stop buying Lurpak then I’ll be well on my way to buying property in London by 2030
— #hellomynameis Matt (@DrMatthew83) July 5, 2022
9.
Just on my way to get a pack of Lurpak officer ..🤥#lurpak 🧈 pic.twitter.com/jegh8pXg6x
— Ian Hilton 🇬🇧 (@whistler360) July 5, 2022
10.
A tub of Lurpak over £7 in supermarket. Eton Lard costing us so much more in Downing Street!
— Matthew Payne (@Matthew82069336) July 5, 2022
11.
Lurpak is only crazy expensive right now because that little butter man with the trombone has a horrendous coke habit.
— Simon Harris – #LovelyBitOfSquirrel (@simonharris_mbd) July 5, 2022