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The 24 funniest reactions to Day 4 of the Olympics.

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Michael Phelps won two more gold medals, bringing his total to 21, while Katie Ledecky picked up her second gold in the 200m freestyle. Twitter thrilled to these wins as well as the dominant victory by the "Final Five" US women's gymnastics team. Here are the 24 funniest reactions to Day 4!

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The most egregious instances of cheating in Olympic history.

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You could train for years, devote your life to the mastery of your sport, pursue pure Olympic glory, and gain respect as one of the greatest athletes in the world. Or you could take some shortcuts and enjoy all the glory with a lot less of the work. Here are some people who got all the way to the Olympics only to cheat in really obvious ways.

1. Boris Onischenko.

"Poke!"

Medal-winning U.S.S.R. fencer Boris Onischenko competed in the fencing portion of the multi-sport modern pentathlon in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal. Knowing that the fencers would be wired with equipment to electronically record any "touch" from their opponent's weapon, Onischenko rigged a even more high-tech system to cheat. Whenever he pushed a hidden button in his handle, it would send out an electrical pulse that would register as a touch. He would've gotten away with it too, had he not pressed the button when his opponent, Jim Fox of the U.K., was nowhere near him.


2. The 1960 Tunisian pentathlon squad.

Who's behind that mask? Literally anybody. You? Obama? Sure!

In 1960, the Tunisian modern pentathlon team was doing so poorly, they almost had no choice but to cheat. In an equestrian event, the whole team fell off their horses. In the swimming section, one of their swimmers almost drowned, and in the shooting portion, a Tunisian competitor just about grazed one of the judges. They weren't taking any chances for the fencing event. Instead of sending out multiple fencers for all of the individual bouts, the team sent out the best fencer every time and said it was somebody different, hoping that those thick fencing masks would obscure his identity. It didn't—judges noticed when the same fencer hit the floor for the third time.


3. Madeline and Margaret de Jesus.

They got their parents back together and they won the Olympics!

The track star from Puerto Rico competed in the 4x400-meter relay run in the 1984 Olympics despite getting injured in her other event, the long jump. How'd she do it? She pulled a Parent Trap, or a Sweet Valley High, or what was likely a plot point in any number of Olsen Twins videos: Madeline got her twin sister, Margaret, to run in the qualifying heat of the relay. The Puerto Rican team advanced, but then the coach found out and pulled them out of the race. Both sisters were banned from any further Olympic competition.


4. Fred Lorz.

The winner of the 1904 Olympic marathon.

The automobile was a relatively newfangled gadget in 1904, and didn't really go very fast. However, riding in one was still easier than running, and still illegal to use in an Olympic track and field event. But that's exactly what American marathon runner Fred Lorz did. After getting cramps early in his race, Lorz secretly rode for 11 miles in a car, which is a big part of how he finished first.


5. Dora Ratjen.

Be true to yourself, unless you're being forced otherwise.

While we've made great strides culturally with regards to gender identity, the Olympics are still pretty strict about "male" and "female." It's thought to be more fair that way, for better or for worse. The notion that men are superior athletes to women is an antiquated one, but it's one that Nazi Germany exploited in 1936 as a way to try o demonstrate the superiority of their master race. At the 1936 Olympics, Dora Ratjen of Germany finished fourth in the women's high jump. Two years later, Ratjen set a world record for the same event at an international competition. And in 1939, it was revealed that she was actually a man named Horst Ratjen. Ratjen was not transgender—he had been forced to pose as a woman by the Nazis.

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When trolls body-shamed an Olympic gymnast, everyone else came out to support her.

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Strangers on the internet, presumably sitting behind their computer screens licking the Cheeto dust off their fingers as they type hateful things on the internet, are coming after Mexican gymnast Alexa Moreno, making rude comments about her weight and her body.

Translated, it reads:

"Alexa Moreno, another example of pseudo athletes sent by the CONADE [Mexico's National Commission for Physical Culture and Sport] just to fullfill the quota."

Looks like not even professional athletes who groom their bodies to perform Herculean feats of athleticism are safe from the scrutiny of online trolls and body shamers.

Here's another, terrible, example:

"Exclusive pictures of Alexa Moreno at the end of her gymnastic routine."

Body shaming on the internet is always awful. And suggesting an Olympic athlete is out of shape is absurd. Here's the incredibly athletic Moreno performing:

Thankfully, for every online bully there seems to be 20 people who are willing to defend her.

"#AlexaMoreno is a great woman!"

"Congratulations to #AlexaMoreno for your great participation in the Olympics! One more reason to be proud despite all the criticism."

Say what you will trolls, but Alexa's strong and beautiful body carried her all the way to the Olympics.

Iggy Azalea's latest bikini pics have people thinking she had plastic surgery.

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On Tuesday, newly single Australian rapper Iggy Azalea instagrammed a picture of herself in a sunhat sitting by a pool. In the photo's comments, people are speculating that the picture is heavily photoshopped (mainly to make her waist appear smaller), or Azalea's had booty implants, or hell, maybe both. Who cares, you ask? The internet, that's who.

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A photo posted by Iggy Azalea (@thenewclassic) on

Her proportions do maybe look a little more Barbie than human.

Who knows what's real and what's fake here. It's almost like it's not even our business! But then again, what is the internet if not a place for people to come together to critique the bodies of famous women?

Internet falls in love with adorably geeky Olympic swimmer who didn't realize she'd won.

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Olympic athletes—champions who are paragons of the human form—are sometimes hard to relate to, seeing as they are objectively better than all of us. But Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui has captured the internet's heart, with her expressions of surprise and dorky dancing that seize her moment at the Olympics just as you would.

The most Fu Yuanhui moment yet was when she did an interview with a reporter after the 100m backstroke, saying "Even though I didn't win a medal..." only to find out on TV that yes, she did.

Yuanhui's cuteness and GIFable face predate this now-iconic moment.

The Internet is professing their love.

Cartoonists are drawing their own artwork to celebrate Yuanhui's surprised face, which should definitely be turned into an emoji.

Imagine her face when she finds out she's gone viral.

100 joyous tweets from celebrities presented with absolutely no context.

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Celebrities. They’re full of joy. And even if their tweets are sometimes unintelligible garbles of happiness drowning in exclamation points, it's a beautiful thing to hear them shout their bliss into the void. So enjoy the following joyful and often bizarre tweets, presented with entirely no context.

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Robert Downey Jr. welcomes Tom Hiddleston to Instagram by making fun of Hiddleswift.

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It's tough to tell where Robert Downey, Jr. ends and Tony Stark begins. After almost a decade in the Iron Man suit, Stark's hilarious snark has gotten into his bones. On Tuesday, Downey welcomed his Avengers enemy Tom Hiddleston to Instagram with a little joke about Hiddleswift.

Join me in welcoming the biggest T. Stark fan of them all to Instagram! @twhiddleston

A photo posted by Robert Downey Jr. (@robertdowneyjr) on

“Join me in welcoming the biggest T. Stark fan of them all to Instagram!" Downey joked, the "I heart T.S." shirt maybe making more sense that way.

Boom.

Meanwhile, the latest Mr. Swift joined Instagram to gift the world with a selfie of him back in his Loki gear on the set of Thor: Ragnarok.

He's back!

A photo posted by Tom Hiddleston (@twhiddleston) on

Hopefully his second Instagram will be a quip back at Downey, resulting in yet another Avengers v. Asgardians showdown.

But lest you take the Insta-animosity too seriously,Downey and Hiddleston remain close bros.

That is, until The Avengers: Infinity War.


Dan Rather goes viral with Facebook post about Donald Trump's 'dangerous' comments.

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On Tuesday night, journalist and former CBS news anchor Dan Rather wrote a lengthy Facebook post concerning Donald Trump's remark that the "Second Amendment people" could maybe do something about Hillary Clinton. You know, like shoot her. Lol, political humor. That was the last straw for Rather.

No trying-to-be objective and fair journalist, no citizen who cares about the country and its future can ignore what...

Posted by Dan Rather on Tuesday, August 9, 2016

At the end of his post, Rather quotes Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States who also wrote a few good speeches:

"We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature."

Lincoln used these stirring words to end his First Inaugural Address. It was the eve of the Civil War and sadly his call for sanity, cohesion and peace was met with horrific violence that almost left our precious Union asunder. We cannot let that happen again.

Rather's post has been shared over 150,000 times and received 14,000 comments in the 15 hours since he put it up.

Many are in agreement, but unsurprisingly, a lot of comments are from Trump supporters who don't see things the same way as Rather. Commenter Jason Mitchell writes "I really don't think Trump was advocating 'those with guns take out the witch,'" while Roger Samoff points out "Dan...you're a Hillary supporter."

Trump supporters will continue to assert, until the end of time, that Trump was simply saying the Second Amendment people should use their voting power, not their shooting power. Or maybe he meant they should vote with their guns? It's hard to tell, what with gilded fish stick Donald Trump being such a master of subtlety and nuance.

Boomer Phelps has already mastered his dad's game face.

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The 2016 Olympics will go down in history as the time Michael Phelps unwittingly became a meme, after cameras caught him with the most intense pre-swim game face imaginable.

Well, it would seem that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, and that Phelps' three-month-old son Boomer also has a pretty impressive mean mug himself.

Damn, don't mess with the Phelps boys.

Maybe Boomer will also adopt some of his Dad's other traits, like the ability to swim really fast, but if not—the face thing is cute enough.

The Lost Boys from 'Hook' reunited 25 years later as Lost Men.

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To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the movie Hook, the lost boys have reunited to squeeze into their old costumes and take some pictures. It almost seems sacrilegious to see them out of Neverland all grown up, but check out all the facial hair on these dudes! They are lost men now.

Still broody, though.

James Madio, who played Don't Ask, went on to appear in movies like Band of Brothers and Jersey Boys.

James Madio as Don't Ask"What's a paramecium brain?" #Hook25th #22Vision

Posted by 22 Vision on Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Thomas Tulak played Too Small in Hook, but he definitely doesn't seem too small anymore.

Thomas Tulak as Too Small"Welcome back to Neverland Pan the man!" #Hook25th #22Vision

Posted by 22 Vision on Tuesday, August 9, 2016

"Goodnight Neverland!" #Hook25th #22Vision

Posted by 22 Vision on Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Ryan Francis played Young Peter Pan, but it looks like even Peter had to grow up sometime. Hey, he doesn't look like Robin Williams!

Ryan Francis as Young Peter Pan #Hook25th #22Vision

Posted by 22 Vision on Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Bryan and Brett Willis, who played Sooner and Later, respectively, are still twins after all these years. Amazing!

Bryan & Brett Willis as Sooner & Later"Boys, boys, listen...we have to make him Bangarang! - Tinkerbell #Hook25th #22Vision

Posted by 22 Vision on Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Isaiah Robinson portrayed Pockets, wearing an outfit that a hipster in Brooklyn would probably pay top dollar for now.

"Oh there you are Peter..." #Hook25th #22Vision

Posted by 22 Vision on Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Isaiah Robinson as Pockets"What's he doing here if he's not Peter Pan, huh? He don't look happy here. And who are them kids Hook's got? Give him a chance!" #Hook25th #22Vision

Posted by 22 Vision on Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Raushan Hammond played everyone's favorite, Thud Butt.

"My favorite never foods..." #Hook25th #22Vision

Posted by 22 Vision on Tuesday, August 9, 2016

#Hook25th #22Vision

Posted by 22 Vision on Tuesday, August 9, 2016

"This is good." #Hook25th #22Vision

Posted by 22 Vision on Tuesday, August 9, 2016

You definitely cried when Peter appointed Thud Butt as the new leader of the lost boys.

"I want you to take care of everyone who is smaller than you." - Peter Pan Note: This is the actual on-screen sword used in the film! Cool right?? #Hook25th #22Vision

Posted by 22 Vision on Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Rufio, played by Dante Basco, probably somewhat aided your sexual awakening back in '91.

"Hey Rufio?" - Peter Pan #Hook25th #22Vision

Posted by 22 Vision on Tuesday, August 9, 2016

SPLAT! #Hook25th #22Vision

Posted by 22 Vision on Tuesday, August 9, 2016

At the very least, he definitely gave you major #hairgoals.

BANGARANG!!! #Hook25th #22Vision

Posted by 22 Vision on Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Of course, the cast also took the time to remember Robin Williams during the reunion. Basco told ET, "I think for all of us (Robin’s death) was the death of our childhood. There's sadness there, also there's a lot of space to kind of celebrate one of the most legendary artists of our time."

"You're doing it." "Doing what? "Using your imagination, Peter." #Hook25th #22Vision

Posted by 22 Vision on Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Hook 25th Anniversary Reunion #Hook25th #22Vision

Posted by 22 Vision on Tuesday, August 9, 2016

It looks the the only cast member who didn't age was Tinkerbell, played by Julia Roberts.

Maybe she was born with it, maybe it's Neverland.

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Elizabeth Warren beat out Hillary and Trump for most brutal tweet of this election cycle.

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Senator Elizabeth Warren just elevated the level of political discourse in this country from fourth-grade to seventh-grade. On Tuesday, somehow-still-the-GOP-presidential-candidate Donald Trump said at a rally that if Hillary Clinton won, his supporters would be stuck with her Supreme Court picks and there is "nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don't know."

Most took this to be a veiled threat toward the Democratic nominee—though Trump claimed it wasn't—and no one hit back harder than Warren.

Wow, she's not afraid to say what we were all thinking when we were 12! To be fair, Trump has been calling Warren "Pocahontas" for a few months now, so they both deserve to get sent to the principal's office.

Warren followed up with a second tweet, telling Trump he sounds like a "dictator":

Jeez, can't a guy make thinly disguised death threats toward a presidential candidate anymore?

Who will tweet next? What insult will they use? Stay tuned for the next episode of This Is Real Life.

Farrah Abraham got in a fight with the principal over her 7-year-old wearing makeup to school.

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Chatting with the"Allegedly"podcast on Tuesday, Farrah Abraham, a former star of 16 and Pregnant, responded to criticism over giving her daughter permission to wear makeup to school. Abraham, now 25, explains that she received a call from her daughter's school complaining that her daughter, Sophia, was wearing makeup to school. But Abraham flipped the script by asking the principal not to wear makeup:

So I said to them – and I proved my point because then the principal switched schools – I go, 'Well then you should take off your makeup. If you don't want little girls coming to school with makeup then don't wear makeup. And then ever since I've seen that principal she hasn't had makeup on her face.

Sure, Abraham's argument that a kid should be able to do whatever they see adults do falls a bit flat when you look at her own life choices, but at least Sophia gets to keep wearing lipstick to school.

Amber Rose strikes back at trolls who thought putting a wig on her son would turn him gay.

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On Tuesday night, former video vixen Amber Rose posted a picture of her son Sebastian (with her ex, rapper Wiz Khalifa) sporting a wig of long braids. It was the same wig Rose had posted herself wearing right beforehand.

As she explained in the caption, her son Sebastian was wearing her wig to look like a "spooky zombie," which is probably not the look she's going for when she wears it herself.

Anyhoodle, among the many comments on the picture talking about what a cute kid he is were a few comments by people who stated that Rose was going to "turn [her son] gay" by letting him wear a wig. Now, I'm no scientist, but I'm pretty sure that's not exactly how that works.

Annoyed by the idiocy of these comments, Rose posted a video on Snapchat letting people know how she really felt about people saying her son would magically "turn gay" by putting a wig on. Short version: she's not super into it. Long version: watch the video.

Medium version, in her own words: "So how about all you ignorant f*cks read a book and realize that your sexual orientation has nothing to do with the way you dress." Yup, that pretty much sums it up.


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5 mothers on Netflix who we wish could adopt us. Sorry, mom.

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Moms often get a bad rap on TV, and IRL. But it's gotta be the toughest job out there, so we should give props to moms for doing the best they can. Like these five moms from Netflix series, who do their jobs imperfectly, but with a lot of love and flair. If only it was possible to be adopted as an adult, by a fictional character. Here are five of the best moms on Netflix, even though if they were our real moms, we'd probably never return their calls.

1. Lorelai, Gilmore Girls

Who wouldn't want a mom who insists you binge on pizza and ice cream after your first real breakup? When it comes to being a mom, Lorelai doesn't play by the rules: she makes her own. She often seems like more of a friend to daughter Rory than a mother, probably because she had her at 16. But she never fails to show up for Rory when she is needed the most. Her unconditional love, like her and Rory's stomachs, is bottomless (despite their slim figures, harumph).

2. Frankie, Grace & Frankie

Frankie's devil-may-care attitude towards life, her kookiness, her spiritual quests that often involve drugs, and her unconditional love for her family make her the unorthodox hippie mom we all wished for as teens. And the best friend we wish for now. When one of her adopted sons decides to seek out his birth mom, she gives him the space to do so, even though you can tell it hurts her. She can be stubborn, and a little cray, but she always comes through for her family in the end.

3. Red, Orange is the New Black

Red is proof that motherhood is not a role that requires giving birth or even having adoption papers. She steps in as a surrogate mother to fellow inmate Nicky, a drug addict whose birth mother was cold and unloving. Fiercely loving and loyal, Red gives Nicky the tough love she needs, caring for her as she goes through heroin withdrawal twice. She's the mother figure we all hope to have if we end up in prison.

4. Linda Belcher, Bob's Burgers

Linda Belcher's boundless enthusiasm for her family and for life make her the mom we hated until we were grown ups and realized we were the asshole all along. Sometimes you need to be an adult to appreciate why having a total weirdo for a mom is just the best.

5. Lucille Bluth, Arrested Development

Lucille Bluth wouldn't win mother of the year, but she'd be a fun person to have in our corner at a family reunion, or anywhere really. Even if she isn't always the most emotionally effusive or responsible, she knows how to make a martini and is the queen of throwing shade. In a time of helicopter moms and gluten-free kale sandwiches, she's refreshingly crass, neglectful, and unhealthy. Would she leave us with emotional scars? Probably. But that's what therapy is for.

On-screen text accidentally makes the Olympics look like porn, as the Ancient Greeks intended.

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Back when the Olympics were conceived in Ancient Greece,athletes competed in the nude. The all-male sportsmen ran, competed, and wrestled completely without clothes (togas?), celebrating the golden proportions of the male physique. The word gymnasium even comes from the word gymos, which means "naked."

Manmu eimai kommatia #fayn #ancientgreek #greekstatue

A photo posted by Vasoula Georgoula (@vasoulinho) on

The contemporary Olympic Games honor their Ancient Greek origins by having the Greek team walk first in the opening ceremonies, and by getting as close to naked as possible while still being allowed on network TV.

The Speedos worn in diving events most closely respect the Greek Olympians, with some help from the score bar.

Feelin' good.

These images will take you back to historical times.

Dicks out, thumbs up!
How you doin'?
German sausage.
Nakey buds.
The guy's name is literally Steele Johnson.

From Russia, with love.

Brazil is a gracious host.
Ukraine on the brain.

She approves.
Doing some outreach.
Ummm?
The Chinese pair won Gold, and had an eventful shower.
WYD, CHEN?!
Yue is getting into it, as are you.

Man tells Tesco supermarket he found a dead worm on his cucumber. They helped him hold a funeral.

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On August 5, British guy Wes Metcalf found a dead worm packed in with a "fine cucumber" he purchased from a Tesco grocery store. After posting to the store's Facebook page the following day with plans to hold a funeral for the dearly deceased, Wes and Tesco customer rep Rob engaged in a deeply emotional back and forth including poetry, heartbreak, and an Oasis cover song. The following is their absurd exchange.

Wes writes:

Dear Tesco, yesterday I purchased one of your fine cucumbers which I had planned on using to make my favourite dish - a cucumber sandwich
Upon opening my cucumber I discovered a worm inside the wrapping (see picture). I thought - at last, finally Tesco have come up with something to beat Aldi's free spider with bananas offer.
I excitedly shouted the kids downstairs to come and meet our new pet. We decided to name him William. Our new pet appeared to be very unresponsive, we just put it down to him being sleepy and decided to give him sometime to come round.
24 hours later and William still hasn't moved, on closer inspection he seems quite flat (again see picture) and I think he may be dead. Well...I'm no vet but I think the tight shrink wrap on the cucumber may have squashed and killed William.
I know Aldi's Banana spiders were deadly but at least they had some life in them.
I now have three very upset children, a worm funeral to plan and to top it all off I've totally lost my taste for cucumber sandwiches which as everyone knows are a favourite at any wake.
So come on Tesco wiggle your way out of this one!?!?

Tesco was way on board with this.

Rob is the Walt Whitman of worm funeral dirges.

Hey Wes,

I’ll be heading to a muddy festival shortly, trawling through the fields of damp grass and dirt, much like William would’ve during his happier times.

This means I won’t be able to make it on the day unfortunately, though I’ve decided to compose a poem, which I hope you can read out on the day. Would that be okay?

Here goes:

An ode to William…

Although life takes funny old turns, we can all learn from William the Worm.
Let us gather, light a candle to burn, and celebrate the life of William the Worm.

Lights shine bright; let’s eat sponge cake through the night! Because there’s many a lesson to learn.
He wriggled many miles; he gave us many smiles, so we stand today confident and firm…

William will be back, very much like Arnie, though now we will all check, before we make a sarnie!

#PoemsForWilliam

Wishing you the best

Rob – Customer Care

You'd think that would be the end, but the next day Wes came back. He loves this dead worm.

Turns out all you have to do to go viral is get shrink-wrapped to death.


Well what can I say it's been an emotional day but the funeral went without a hitch.
Tesco Rob we read out your poem and there wasn't a dry eye amongst us.

Keeping on with the poem theme here's another which I think sums up today quite nicely.
#RIPWilliam#justiceforwillian#poemsforwilliam

As we gather here today for William the worm
It's time to reflect on the lessons we can learn
Now this poor worm's life was cut far too short
After he was crushed to death in a cucumber I bought
Tesco please don't let this happen again
Don't let Williams life be lost in vain
But let's not focus on who's to blame
Tesco have apologised admitting their shame
As we resume Willian's body into the mud
Please don't shed a tear instead think of the good
For Willian's death has brought us all here
Sharing jokes and spreading cheer
Before his death William was completely unknown
Spending his days in the mud on his own
But now his name has travelled wide and far
William the worm - the viral superstar!

Here goes...

Rob's Oasis cover is as follows:

Today is gonna be the day that we’re gonna celebrate for Will,
He’s’ gone, and now we’re feeling sad, we know it’s a void we cannot fill,
I don’t believe that anybody, feels the way we do, about you Will…

[Break]

Back beat, the word is on the street that you’d travelled many-many miles,
I thought we’d seen it all before, but you’ve gave us memories and smiles,
I don’t believe that anybody, feels the way we do, about you now…

[Break]

And all the grass you’d wriggled through is inspiring,
And all the time that Wes spent trying to revive you…
There are many things that we, would like to say to you
But we cannot now…. :(

[Break]

Because maybe,
You’re gonna the worm that saves me,
I think we’ve learned,
You’re our wonder worm!

Still hard to believe Rob went with "Wonder worm" instead of "Wonder Will." We will never truly understand the artist's mindset. Inspired by Rob's song, Wes decided to see Rob's Oasis cover and raise him a Blur.

Rob that would have meant so much to William .... I'm pretty sure he was into the whole Brit pop scene - he had that dark greasy grungy look about him.

Once again you and your team at Tesco have moved us all with a brilliant Oasis Tribute.....

Allow me to join in and respond with a reworded classic from the same era...

Blur - Wormlife

Wiggling is a preference for the habitual mud dwellers known as..
WORM LIFE

Avoiding the morning feed as a preference to bird seed is known as..
WORM LIFE

The inevitable bad luck ending up on fisherman's hook is what's known as..
WORM LIFE

That fateful slumber that got him trapped to a cucumber
He should have cut down on the lazy life and got some exercise..
WORM LIFE

All the people
So many people
We all stand hand in hand
To remember Wiiliam and Wormlife...

#wormpop#songsforwilliam

At this point, it almost becomes a competition over who could care about this dead worm more.

What a journey we’ve shared together; memories shall not be erased, and I’m sure we will all learn and grow from what he’s taught us in such a short space of time.

I know William’s life is going down in the history books already; perhaps he may even end up with a tribute album at this rate?

The key lesson here has to be that when our lives are affected by a tragic loss, we must focus on regenerating, and moving forward, much like an earthworm may do, should it become split into two.

To #WormPop forever and always…

Rob – Customer Care

Wes Metcalfe:​

Well Tesco Rob... what can I say, the last 48 hours have been an emotional rollacoaster. There's been highs, there's been lows. There's been poetry, there's been songs. We've been discovered a new genre of music.
One thing is for sure..... after all this, worms or no worms I will always get my cucumbers from Tescos..... a true friend!

That said don't forget my gift card, worm funerals cost money and you don't want me getting legal on your asses.

Rob I hope Tesco appreciate what a great customer service rep they have.

Tesco:

Indeed they have Wes my friend.

We’ve remained strong and resilient in the face of toughness, and I do think we’ve managed to turn a dark day into a delightful memory to treasure forever; wouldn’t you agree?

Fear not as the Moneycard is making its way to you in a fashion quicker than William may have been used to, nonetheless I’ve attached a letter along with it which I hope you’ll keep safe for him, perhaps adding it to his shrine even?

Massively appreciate the kind words from yourself, and all of those who have paid tribute to William.

One thing’s for sure; he’d definitely be proud of us all.

Rob – Customer Care

Wes Metcalfe:

Tesco Rob
I will treasure the letter and frame it at the side of William's grave!
I think the most important thing is....

Justice has been done for William.

Fin. #RIPWilliam

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