They say that the lowest forms of humour are sarcasm or puns. Take your pick. triple j Drive host The Doctor did by waging a pun war on Twitter that’s gone word wild, worldwide.
He started by changing band names into bad food puns, first on Twitter then on-air. It went viral and didn’t stop. The Doctor’s hashtag #bandfoodpuns was duplicated as #bandfoodpun and #foodbandpun during the show. By dinner time #bandfoodpun and #bandfoodpuns were No.1 and No. 2 trending topics on Twitter worldwide.
Tweets on Hitting No.1:
carmR @ DoctorTripleJ so it was you! Well done, it trended on twitter worldwide at No1 & no2 diff spellings. Bloody impressive!
Boupster @DoctorTripleJ As a matter of fact You have surpassed Justin Beiber in trending topics… YOU WIN!!
Highlight Tweets:
Crosby Stills and Mash.#bandfoodpuns (from Nine political editor Laurie Oakes)
Fleetwood Big Mac #bandfoodpuns (from Lateline anchor Leigh Sales)
Lasagnye West #foodbandpuns (from Illy)
Modest Mousse #foodbandpun
Tofugazi #foodbandpun
And you will know us by the trail of bread #foodbandpun
Teenage Flanclub, Dillinger Escape Flan #foodbandpun
sharon jones and the napkins #foodbandpun
xavier spud? #foodbandpun
Mash Grunwald? #foodbandpun
The Rolling Scones #foodbandpun
The Meatles (featuring John Lemmon, Paul A La Cartney, Mango Starr and Gorge Harrison) #foodbandpun