What a crazy weekend! Now that it's all over and most of us survived, we can look back and have a chuckle. I was glued to Facebook and Twitter for the storm and noticed some trends. And I'm certainly guilty of a few of these (definitely #1 and #10). How many did you do? Can you think of any that I missed?In no particular order, here are The Top Ten Hurricane Irene Social Media Clichés:
1) Booze as emergency supplies.
Example: Pictured: A gallon of Jack Daniels. Caption: "Emergency supplies!"
2) Equating things a hurricane does to sexual things a woman might do.
Example: "Blows," "Gets you wet," and "Weakens."
3) Reports of coffee establishment status.
Example: "OMFG! Starbucks is closed!"
4) Saying "Good night, Irene."
5) Changing the lyrics from Dexys Midnight Runners' song "Come on Eileen" to "Come on Irene."
6) Mentioning the person in your life named Irene and personifying the storm accordingly.
Example: "Not to worry, if Hurricane Irene is anything like my cousin Irene, it just means we'll get an ugly sweater for Christmas."
7) Picture of fallen tree.
8 ) Being disappointed in the downgrade to tropical storm.
Example: "Is that all ya' got, Irene?!"
9) Being horrified that other people are disappointed it was downgraded to tropical storm.
Example: "How can you be upset by a downgrade? Just be glad everyone is safe."
10) Reports about what peoples' parents are saying or doing.
Example: "My mother just called and told me to get an umbrella. Uh, thanks, Mom."