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…

Click HERE to see Twitter’s Reaction to Ed Balls Day