Just because the sitting Australian parliament is slowly crumbling to pieces thanks to Section 44 of the Constitution doesn’t mean we, as a nation, have lost either a) our love of sport; or b) our senses of humour/thirst for dank memes.
No siree, we have not.
Because tonight we came together to watch men much stronger and fitter than ourselves battle it out with New Zealand in the first Bledisloe Cup match of this year, and yeah, we were trounced: 54-34. But considering we were down 40-6 at half-time, it’s not such a bad effort from the Wallabies.
But you see, we here on the internet are entrepreneurs, thought leaders, even – we see opportunities for LOLs and we take them, fuck the consequences.
Not that there are really any consequences for Aussies coming together online to create and share dank memes around the theme of: ‘Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is actually a Kiwi, and is probably supporting the All Blacks‘.
And to think, it all started with just a handful of people asking who Barnaby bbz was supporting in tonight’s match… It seems so long ago now.
GO #WALLABIES !!!!! and good luck to your team too @Barnaby_Joyce .#AUSvNZL #BledisloeCup pic.twitter.com/5OEdNNLWAm
— Fake Dave Smith (@FakeDavidSmith) August 19, 2017
And now we cross live to Barnaby Joyce… pic.twitter.com/5EtJmJqQrC
— Michael Cummings (@yesmrmc) August 19, 2017
https://twitter.com/MarkDiStef/status/898852453168238593
At least someone’s happy about this #AUSvNZL #BledisloeCup @tensporttv pic.twitter.com/Zp72WFfgYb
— Caty Price (@caty_price) August 19, 2017
A game of dual halves
— Toby Manhire (@toby_etc) August 19, 2017
Meanwhile in a living room somewhere in Australia….Barnaby Joyce be like pic.twitter.com/sIpT1qDN7O
— Mark Stafford (@stafnz) August 19, 2017
https://twitter.com/JohnWren1950/status/898861841291517952
Barnaby Joyce, watching the Bledisloe, considering his NZ citizenship…. pic.twitter.com/o9tCXEVJBc
— James Whelan (@jameswhelan42) August 19, 2017
Barnaby Joyce rn #BledisloeCup pic.twitter.com/IVFOxRZ8EU
— Jessica Lauren B (@jess_laurenb) August 19, 2017
And @Barnaby_Joyce‘s boys take the first games of the series #BledisloeCup #AUSVNZL #Wallabies #AllBlacks pic.twitter.com/y3L5AfuieF
— Paul Burns (@Paul_DBurns) August 19, 2017
https://twitter.com/peterlangdale/status/898894677989965824
Despite a spirited 2nd half performance Barnaby Joyce has ordered the Wallabies to film an apology to the people of Australia #BledisloeCup pic.twitter.com/f7BIkPAeGW
— Sportsbet.com.au (@sportsbetcomau) August 19, 2017
It’s over pic.twitter.com/L8b1GYZuYf
— sam whiteman (@blanchomme) August 19, 2017
https://twitter.com/BernardKeane/status/898880331541032960
