On the 28th of April, 2011, Ed Balls got a Twitter account. He decided (as most people under the spotlight do) to attempted to look up his own name. However, all he did was tweet “Ed Balls”. This, for some reason, got retweeted by THOUSANDS of people. On a global scale. And because he didn’t know you could delete a tweet it stayed. Every year since then,the 28th of April is Ed Balls day.
This is the infamous tweet
and here are some gems to celebrate that have followed the years, including last year where they framed the tweet and got him to sign it for charity
There are also LOADS MORE in this article from the Telegraph
I MISSED ED BALLS DAY AND IM MAD ABOUT IT SO THIS IS GOING INTO MY QUEUE FOR ED BALLS DAY 2023
HAPPY ED BALLS DAY FROM THE PAST MOTHERFUCKERS
Happy Ed Balls day 2024!
[ID: 1. A picture of Ed Balls on a london underground ad. Text below reads, “Never forget. 28th April #EdBallsDay.”
2. A tweet from edballs, written on 28th april 2011. it reads, “ed balls.”
3. A tweet from nick_clegg: “Ed Balls.” this was followed by a tweet from edballs: “I agree with Nick… RT @nick_clegg: Ed Balls.”
4. Ed Balls’ Wikipedia page edited to have every single word replaced with the phrase, “Ed Balls.”
5. A photo of a selection of birthday cards marked as celebrating the event, “Ed Balls Day.” A tweet from Carousel_Lights remarks: “#EdBallsDay has become so commercialised. Shame really.”
6. A series of Coke bottles. The label on each reads, “Share a Coke with Ed Balls.”
7. A framed and signed version of the original Ed Balls tweet.
8. A photo of two Tesco’s Scotch eggs. A tweet from Tesco describes them as, “Egg Balls.”
9. A tweet from edballs, which reads: “Ed Balls #10LongYears.” Attached is a photo of Ed Balls holding a birthday cake with a “10” candle. /end ID]
