Have you done any #Eastwooding today? No? Well, you better jump on this Internet fad fast, since the joke is already wearing thin and will likely be dead by end of day.
Eastwooding is the Internet鈥檚 fun new way of poking fun at Hollywood actor Clint Eastwood鈥檚 bizarre speech at the Republican National Convention Thursday night. And it鈥檚 simple too: all you have to do is post pictures of yourself talking to an empty chair.
It鈥檚 a bit like #planking. But with more politics. And less risk for injury.
Eastwood seemed to have left many baffled when he used his speech Thursday to engage in a 10-minute conversation with 鈥渋nvisible Obama.鈥� The speech -- or was it an improv sketch? 鈥� seemed to eclipse just about everything else that went on Thursday night.
It even prompted Joe Scarborough, the conservative host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," to declare that "a great night for Mitt Romney just got sidetracked by Clint Eastwood."
To pay homage to the moment, the Internet created A search for the term on Twitter pulls up dozens of photos of empty chairs 鈥� Windsors, armchairs, bergeres 鈥� with accusatory, wagging fingers pointed at them.
Some include next to empty chairs.
Other times, , occupied by 鈥渋nvisible Obama.鈥� Amusing in its simplicity, no?
Obama鈥檚 own campaign got in on the trend early, with his account tweeting a picture overnight of the back of the president鈥檚 head as he sat in a chair marked 鈥淭he President鈥�. The caption on the pic: 鈥溾��
The speech even inspired an Twitter account. Within an hour of its creation, it had more than 20,000 followers. At last check, it was approaching 50,000.
But just as the Republican party will likely put the speech behind them quickly, so too will the ever-fickle Internet. So grab a chair and take a pic now before #Eastwooding becomes as tired as #Tebowing.
