Twitter reacts to the publication of the Chilcot Iraq report

Poke Staff. Updated July 6th, 2016

The report into the Iraq war has been published today – it took seven years to write, is 2.6 million words long and is estimated to take 9 days to read. Thankfully Twitter didn’t need to read it before taking the piss…

https://twitter.com/kerihw/status/750586468704382976

Wanna feel OLD????? This is what SIR JOHN CHILCOT looks like TODAY!!!! pic.twitter.com/vWheeIUbh3

— Godspeed You Black Tamperer (ft Maya) (@twlldun) July 6, 2016

Disappointed that the Chilcot Report isn't called "The Blair Watch Project".

— Pundamentalism (@Pundamentalism) July 6, 2016

"The Chilcot Report. You do? Oh, wonderful. Can you keep it for me? My name? Yes, it's Tony Bla…. J.R. Hartley."

— Mr Roger Quimbly (@RogerQuimbly) July 6, 2016

Pokémon Go and The Chilcot Report on the same day. One's about documenting the activities of monsters, the other is a freemium mobile game.

— Chris Schilling (@schillingc) July 6, 2016

https://twitter.com/bea_ker/status/750604798467026944

https://twitter.com/sam_kriss/status/750585747154042880

'Oh boy…' pic.twitter.com/dbbmbyJEBX

— Quantum Leap 2016 (@QuantumTwits) July 6, 2016

People forget that the Chilcot Report initially started out as Twilight fan fiction.

— Jack Bernhardt (@jackbern23) July 6, 2016

11am: Chilcot report released
No one reads it
11.01am: Twitter reads a summary
Rest of day: OUTRAGE
Tomorrow: Keith Chegwin steals a joke

— Tokyo Sexwhale (@tokyosexwhale) July 6, 2016

Cool, the Chilcot report is available in a number of different formats, including a visual novel. pic.twitter.com/w14BRquhot

— Andy Kelly (@ultrabrilliant) July 6, 2016

Netflix and Chilcot

— Sam (@sam_bambs) July 5, 2016

https://twitter.com/Nick_Pettigrew/status/750598262231621632

BBC News already have their expert analyst for the #ChilcotReport lined up pic.twitter.com/uWjQjeK6un

— Dean Burnett (@Garwboy@ohai.social) (@garwboy) July 6, 2016

Livid. Been waiting for an hour by the copier, because SOMEONE has decided to print a 2.6m word document.

— Channel 4 (@Channel4) July 6, 2016

Cannot wait for Twitter to reduce a 2.6 million word report to 140 characters, complete with sad face emojis #chilcot

— Hilly (@HillyFoz) July 6, 2016