That fleeting thrill when someone famous appears not to get the joke

John Plunkett. Updated May 11th, 2018

You’ve probably heard of @classic_picx, the beautiful people who have one joke but it is a very, very good one.

A few days ago they posted this.

#OnThisDay 200 years ago Karl Marx was born in Trier, Germany. His political philosophy and economic theories would go on to change the course of history all over the world. #Marx200 pic.twitter.com/uDEuXBr7Xj

— Classic Pics (@Classic_picx) May 5, 2018

And then this happened.

isn’t this grandad from only fools and horses

— GOLDIE (@MRGOLDIE) May 6, 2018

No, it’s Karl Marx.

— Justin Edwards (@bigedwards) May 6, 2018

Of course there’s always the possibility he’s just being meta (sorry) about it in which case we apologise.

He must have won those medals … during the war.

— Kevin Moffatt (@twataboutery) May 5, 2018

I'm not to sure how much influence Uncle Albert had on world politics.

— Captain Mainwaring (@ranglianjustin) May 5, 2018

What's he got to do with this?

— Gav O))) (@Birneybau) May 5, 2018

Twitter does sometimes redeem itself as a thing of beauty. pic.twitter.com/HEk2ZV1E6x

— Stig Abell (@StigAbell) May 9, 2018

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