Meteor-surfing is one of the few crazy stunts Vladimir Putin hasn't tried but few would bet against the publicity-crazy Russian president having a crackTwitter
Meteor-surfing is one of the few crazy stunts Vladimir Putin hasn't tried but few would bet against the publicity-crazy Russian president having a crackTwitterFrankly we're not quite sure how a meteor shower will lead to a zombie apocalypse but hey, it's a cool picture.TwitterApparently 51 percent of Russians believe the meteor shower is the start of an alien invasion - coincidentally, almost exactly the same percentage as voted for Vladimir Putin in the last Presidential election.TwitterThis tweeter should have known there is a marked difference between a meteor and an asteroid. An asteroid is a small rocky planet, and a meteor is the projectile debris which breaks off the asteroid; the latter is the off-shoot of the former. Take that Brian Cox!TwitterSean Bean. Enough said.TwitterOne tweeter is in no doubt as to who caused the meteor shower. Does this mean Brian Blessed is in some way involved too?Twitter
It rarely takes long for the Twitterati to seize on an event with their inimitable immaturity, and the Russian meteor shower is no exception.
When the meteor fireball exploded across Russian skies, there was mass panic below. But even though at least 400 people were hurt by flying space debris, the reaction on Twitter quickly turned to irreverent japery.
From Vladimir Putin to Ming the Merciless, all manner of famous figures, real and fictitious, have been superimposed on to images of the cosmic phenomenon As was the case with Hurricane Sandy, a potentially devastating natural occurrence has proved an ideal opportunity for keyboard warriors to dredge up the film and comic book fantasies of their childhood.
IBTimes UK rounds up the funniest stuff we've seen on social media.