Today’s big legal news story was that Max Clifford’s penis has been measured.
Clifford's penis has been measured by a doctor and is five and a quarter inches flaccid – 'certainly not freakishly small', says his QC.
— CourtNewsUK (@CourtNewsUK) March 26, 2014
An appropriately-named doctor was chosen to conduct the measurement.
The doctor's name is Dr Cockson #MaxCliffordPenis
— CourtNewsUK (@CourtNewsUK) March 26, 2014
The hashtag #MaxCliffordPenis can be traced back to 18 March, when it was coined by a keen follower of the PR guru’s trial.
Reasons to be cheerful. I've got a bigger dick than Max Clifford. Just. #MaxCliffordPenis
— Daaaave (@Mcgurts) March 18, 2014
But it was only today that popular Twitter account @CourtNewsUK adopted it.
Five and a quarter inches is around 13.5cm for those on the metric system #MaxCliffordPenis
— CourtNewsUK (@CourtNewsUK) March 26, 2014
Some loved it.
BEST HASHTAG EVER “@CourtNewsUK: Five and a quarter inches is around 13.5cm for those on the metric system #MaxCliffordPenis”
— john (@elcid18) March 26, 2014
Others wanted #MaxCliffordPenis to stop.
Please, make it stop. RT @CourtNewsUK: Five and a quarter inches is around 13.5cm for those on the metric system #MaxCliffordPenis
— Miles Evans (@milominder) March 26, 2014
Meanwhile, the jokes kept coming…
#MaxCliffordPenis
Such a big deal over so small a thing.
— joe.m (@joeman42) March 26, 2014
…as fake politicians waded in with penis-based puns.
Which is smaller? My chance of becoming an MP, @Ed_Miliband's chance of becoming PR or #MaxCliffordPenis? It's a hard one.
— Nigel Farage (@nigefarage) March 26, 2014
And finally…no Twitter hashtag sensation would be complete without its very own Twitter account.
