Richard Osman’s cryptic tweet prompted some very funny and confusing replies
Richard Osman’s Twitter feed is never less than entertaining, mostly very funny and occasionally just plain unexpected.
Like this one, for instance.
Took us a little bit too long to work our way through that, if we’re honest.
Fortunately for us there were plenty of people around who got it quicker than we did, and their replies were very funny (and occasionally even more mysterious).
1.
Remarkable how easy it is to read that – brains are ace
— Greg Jenner (@greg_jenner) February 28, 2019
2.
Tinni.
— Richard Osman (@richardosman) February 28, 2019
3.
hslew gnikaeps pots
— Helen Williamson (@helcatwill) February 28, 2019
4.
But I’m from Kciwsihc.
— Richard Osman (@richardosman) February 28, 2019
5.
You certainly have got a melborp
— Samuel West (@exitthelemming) February 28, 2019
6.
A gib one.
— Richard Osman (@richardosman) February 28, 2019
7.
.sdik eht koot dna em tfel efiw yM
— Cartlon Cole (@_CarltonCole9) February 28, 2019
8.
˙ǝnssı ɹǝɥʇouɐ ǝʌɐɥ op I ʇnq 'ɯǝʃqoɹd ʇɐɥʇ ǝʌɐɥ ʇ,uop I
— Frank Gevaerts (@FrankGevaerts) February 28, 2019
9.
It's weird how that's so much easier to read when it's also upside down!
— Andrew Dixon (@retrofit_andrew) February 28, 2019
10.
s'tI*
— Nick Bridgeman (@nbridgeman) February 28, 2019
11.
.teewt detarrednU
— Ollie (@TheBumCat) February 28, 2019
12.
.em ot enif skool tI .tuoba gniklat er'uoy tahw aedi on ev'I
— Rhodri Tomos (@RhodriTomos1) February 28, 2019
13.
I feel like I deserve a medal after forcing myself to read this entire tweet backwards
— ol greg (@zer0suit) February 28, 2019
14.
.em ot enif skool tI .tuoba gniklat er'uoy tahw aedi on ev'I
— Rhodri Tomos (@RhodriTomos1) February 28, 2019
This person’s a tough critic, though.
Not only was reading this through very annoying, but the missed apostrophe for 'its' was just so hard to bear
— Will Rogers (@Will_JRogers) February 28, 2019
Here’s what Richard had to say about it later.
The replies to this are hurting my brain, and I deserve that entirely. (I wrote this one backwards).
— Richard Osman (@richardosman) February 28, 2019
Sounds like you regret it, on reflection.
— Richard (@therichardreid) February 28, 2019
Turns out he’s got nothing on Kate Robbins.
I can ‘mirror write’ ( backwards ) as fast as I can write normally, forwards. A weird and totally useless talent. When I was 4 apparently I ‘mirror wrote’ most things. People test me and ask me to do arbitrary sentences. It’s no problem.
I’m just strange.— Kate Robbins (@KateRobbins) February 28, 2019
To conclude …
.ereht did uoy tahw ees I https://t.co/4BkxOfRCtF
— Frances Weetman (@francesweetman) February 28, 2019