For on Wednesday night - aka Scottish referendum eve - The Scottish edition of the Sun newspaper proudly tweeted an image of its Thursday front page. And asked people to fill it in:
Now we want you to fill in the blank with your message for the nation and Tweet us @ScottishSun #MyMessagetoScotland http://ift.tt/XmHeVQ
— The Scottish Sun (@ScottishSun) September 17, 2014
SEE ALSO: 18 Songs For 18 September: A Referendum Playlist
The great people of Twitter duly responded in the way we'd expect. By taking the p***. Because, it was, as Charlie Brooker put it, a...
Defacer's dream RT @suttonnick: Thursday's Scottish Sun - "Today Scotland starts with a blank page" #indyref http://ift.tt/XmHdRV
— Charlie Brooker (@charltonbrooker) September 17, 2014
The responses ranged from the classic:
@charltonbrooker @suttonnick http://ift.tt/YUBK6q
— Mr Beanbag (@AmigaBeanbag) September 17, 2014
To the childish classic:
@EraseThisTweet @charltonbrooker @suttonnick @Pundamentalism it’s almost like they wanted us to do it http://ift.tt/YUBK6u
— Tom Phillips (@flashboy) September 17, 2014
And included the imaginative:
Surprised at the Scottish Sun's front page, but pleased nonetheless. http://ift.tt/YUBK6y
— Nadia Kamil (@NadiaKamil) September 17, 2014
The punitive:
— Daniel Dalton (@wordsbydan) September 17, 2014
The Fierce:
I love the way The Sun manages to get #indyref and Beyonce on their front page http://ift.tt/YUBK6C
— Elliot Wagland (@elliotwagland) September 18, 2014
And the marvellously literal:
Huh. http://ift.tt/XmHe8s
— Scriblit (@Scriblit) September 17, 2014
There was also the 'Great British Bake Off' version (click the 'play' button in the middle):
— Daniel Dalton (@wordsbydan) September 17, 2014
And the Hillsborough one:
Did the S*n not see this cover as having the potential for trouble? #jft96 http://ift.tt/XmHfcu
— Darren Jalland ن (@larbertred) September 17, 2014
But perhaps, in the end, there could be only one message:
@ScottishSun @euanmccolm #indyref http://ift.tt/YUBMva
— Andrew Strong (@gas1883) September 17, 2014
Got a version of your own Sun front page that you'd like to share? Tweet it to us at @HuffPostUKCom (and perhaps let @ScottishSun know, too).
SEE ALSO:
- Revealed: The Scottish Declaration Of Independence
- John Oliver Wades Into The Scottish Referendum Debate
- 20 Reasons Why Scotland Might Vote Yes
- 20 Things We Love About Scotland
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