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Fri, Oct 12 2012 04:11:04

#EU wins the #Nobel peace prize - reaction on Twitter

With the announcement the EU has won the Noble peace prize in 2012, Twitter had a collective breakdown with jokes following the news with Nobel and EU trending on the social network -

  1. EmilyPurserSky
    Emily Purser@EmilyPurserSky
    RT @benfenton: Prize money for the Nobel Peace Prize is given in dollars, so it will at least be worth having. #nobel
    Fri, Oct 12 2012 02:47:14
  2. mehdirhasan
    Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan
    "Taking The Peace? The European Union Is Nobel Peace Prize Winner 2012": http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10/12/european-union-wins-nobel-peace-prize_n_1960456.html?1350033697&utm_hp_ref=uk
    Fri, Oct 12 2012 02:52:20
  3. PaulHamilos
    Paul Hamilos@PaulHamilos
    If the EU really has won the Nobel prize, will Germany collect the prize, then refuse to share it with the Greeks? #amiright
    Fri, Oct 12 2012 01:26:45
  4. benedictbrogan
    Benedict Brogan@benedictbrogan
    I suppose could have been even sillier: they could have awarded EU the Nobel for economics #saynotonobel
    Fri, Oct 12 2012 02:05:54
  5. chatsbury
    Virginia Gordon@chatsbury
    Disappointed the #nobelpeaceprize wasn't accepted by the Russian Grandmothers from EuroVision
    Fri, Oct 12 2012 02:48:37
  6. gabyhinsliff
    Gaby Hinsliff@gabyhinsliff
    my other explanation is that the whole thing could be a giant typo. #nobel
    Fri, Oct 12 2012 02:14:46
  7. nicholaswatt
    Nicholas Watt@nicholaswatt
    Nigel Farage: this goes to show the Norwegians really do have a sense of humour
    Fri, Oct 12 2012 02:17:49
  8. nicholaswatt
    Nicholas Watt@nicholaswatt
    Outrageous people criticising Nobel Peace Prize for EU - winning cash will be really handy for all those underpaid eurocrats
    Fri, Oct 12 2012 02:11:46
  9. MaryFitzgerldIT
    Mary Fitzgerald@MaryFitzgerldIT
    RT @keohanedan Congrats to all us 500 million EU citizens on our nobel peace prize - now who is going to collect the prize on our behalf?
    Fri, Oct 12 2012 02:07:37
  10. jmackin2
    James Mackintosh@jmackin2
    Personally I think the Nobel guys should have gone all the way and given the EU the Nobel in economics. In for a penny...
    Fri, Oct 12 2012 02:18:48
  11. majohns
    Mark Johnson@majohns
    We'll put it next to the Ryder Cup. #nobel
    Fri, Oct 12 2012 02:09:52
  12. AlexiMostrous
    Alexi Mostrous@AlexiMostrous
    At least #Nobel runners-up can say it took 27 countries and 7.3% of the world's population to beat them
    Fri, Oct 12 2012 02:51:28
  13. dsquareddigest
    Dan Davies@dsquareddigest
    At the end of the day, the EU does not put giant robots in the sky dealing arbitrary death against its enemies, which is the pass mark here.
    Fri, Oct 12 2012 02:34:58
  14. NigelNelson
    Nigel Nelson@NigelNelson
    He should tell that to the EU RT @DalaiLama Peace isn't the mere absence of violence; peace must come from inner peace #peaceprize
    Fri, Oct 12 2012 02:46:47
  15. Excellent typo RT @carlbildt: As expected, intense media interest in EU being awarded the Nobel Peace Price. http://pic.twitter.com/0tA9Tazt
    Tom Phillips@flashboy
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    Fri, Oct 12 2012 03:01:13
  16. Here's what our European Union page looked like on the day the EU wins the Nobel Peace Prize: ironic? http://pic.twitter.com/M9pugfuw
    Channel 4 News@Channel4News
    ·
    Fri, Oct 12 2012 02:54:55
  17. patrickwintour
    Patrick Wintour@patrickwintour
    Thanks to everyone who nominated me for the Nobel Peace Prize.
    Fri, Oct 12 2012 02:59:37

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