Right Said Fred got their Covid maths wrong and the mockery was non-stop – 17 chart-topping takedowns
10.
Deeply Dippy about the way you count. pic.twitter.com/dGTK6amjox
— Supertanskiii (@supertanskiii) September 2, 2021
11.
So if you're 47 percent too sexy for your shirt, does that mean you are or you aren't? https://t.co/o4MIHTWsKH
— Hugo Rifkind (@hugorifkind) September 2, 2021
12.
https://twitter.com/wwwojtekk/status/1433367433746817026?s=20
13.
The thing about that Right Said Fred tweet is that we’re constantly told we can’t call people stupid, even when the evidence is so, so, so compelling.
— Prof Paul Bernal (@PaulbernalUK) September 2, 2021
14.
https://twitter.com/ValterSkarsgard/status/1433368880206974980?s=20
15.
https://twitter.com/GrundyOxford/status/1433361902537777159?s=20
16.
Jesus, you can’t even understand simple statistics🤦♂️
Project Fear is alive and well.
— NewsMuse (@NewsMuse1) September 2, 2021
17.
https://twitter.com/KennyMcITR/status/1433362326888005635?s=20
To conclude.
Hahahahahahahaha https://t.co/2mbRbAtAgB
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) September 2, 2021
In three words.
https://twitter.com/Tim_Burgess/status/1433371839481397249?s=20
UPDATE
The band later said the original tweet was a joke.
Obviously with this tweet I was taking the piss, sadly the twitterati failed to see that. Ffs 🤦♂️ #givemestrength pic.twitter.com/QUB77gYOCm
— Right Said Fred (@TheFreds) September 2, 2021
Not everyone appeared to be buying it, though.
Can you explain the joke? I may be stupid but I don't get it.
— Otto English (@Otto_English) September 2, 2021
"Omg I was JOKING omg you've made yourselves look REALLY STUPID here I was JOKING hahahaha honestly am LAUGHING right now" pic.twitter.com/0dXc0D66Sl
— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) September 2, 2021
Good grief. https://t.co/aTIjaji4fB
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) September 2, 2021
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