In case you have been stuck under a rock the entire day, the world has been reeling from the astonishing news of the United Kingdom voting for withdrawal from the European Union.
Lol #Brexit perfectly explained. pic.twitter.com/TR9xPwWci8
— Arsal A. Jafri (@arsaljafri) June 24, 2016
Shock waves are running throughout the UK.
The UK Today: A Summary #EURefResults pic.twitter.com/PA5bk3YNbU
— corie (@bilexuality) June 24, 2016
While some Pakistanis were equally stunned…
#Brexit it is. What a shame. What a pity. From Great Britain to Little England -a sad journey of parochialism, racism & xenophobia. Tragic.
— Ali Dayan Hasan (@AliDayan) June 24, 2016
The UK talking about 'getting its borders back'. The land that had decided its borders included the whole world. #OnceUponACrimeIronies
— Maria Amir (@Beentherella) June 24, 2016
The empires are crumbling only to be led by fools – #Farage and #Trump! #Brexit
— Maheen Taseer (@MaheenTaseer) June 24, 2016
…others gave a more hilarious reaction.
UK just scored an own goal
— Anonymous (@LegitPsycho_) June 24, 2016
* Great Britain is now single*
Pakistan: Salam dear, r u lonely sis?
— Bissmah Mehmud (@bissmahmehmud) June 24, 2016
Somewhere a white girl is still confused if she weighs less now that Pound has lost its value. #EURefResults
— Ghazanfer Ali (@Ghazzuu) June 24, 2016
Barber: "What haircut do you want?"
Ozil: "Give me a graph of UK's economy after referendum"
Barber:"Say no more" pic.twitter.com/apfpfiNny9
— Khattak (@AzmarKhan) June 24, 2016
And gave an entirely new meaning to the childhood-favourite nursery rhyme.
London bridge has fallen down. fallen down. fallen down. #Brexit
— saad. (@chimgadar) June 24, 2016
What we all were thinking was finally said out loud.
More like 'Britain is on something' https://t.co/NPm6dY1Mi2
— Zarrar Khuhro (@ZarrarKhuhro) June 24, 2016
No one wasted any time in making memes.
#Brexit pic.twitter.com/HYFtBFn9v9
— Shehryar Taseer (@shehryar_taseer) June 24, 2016
Comedian Saad Haroon didn’t hold back either.
He's Just Not That Into EU #EURef #Brexit
— Saad Haroon (@Saad_Haroon) June 24, 2016
Some found a silver lining in this incident.
Haters will deny but amazing work by PM Nawaz Sharif. Ever since he went to the UK he's been working to reduce our debt and today he did it
— karachikhatmal (@karachikhatmal) June 24, 2016
And some rejoiced in a more personal advantage.
Time to buy all the fav makeup products from Great Britain.
— Saman Zaidi. (@BeachplsK) June 24, 2016
Can finally laugh at cousins living in UK.
— Shumail (@Shumyl) June 24, 2016
Some people were just plain oblivious.
"yaar pata chala? Uk me brexit jeet gaya shayad" #workplacegems
— saad. (@chimgadar) June 24, 2016
And some Pakistanis even applied the situation to home.
In our system the PM would have taken just a medical leave. https://t.co/EpjbKRbTiC
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) June 24, 2016
If anyone talks about Pindexit from Islamabad, Imma shoot yo balls. #pindiBoy53va
— Osama Bin Liaqat Mir (@oblmir) June 24, 2016
(Not too bad of an idea though, amirite?)
Finally, this guy just said exactly what we are feeling.
Today I'm here just for the #Brexit jokes.
— R (@RTAluvzAfridi) June 24, 2016
Great Britain now knows what it really feels like to not be so great all the time, huh?
Cover Image via: Cypress News
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