Its amazing how stupid things take wings ideas or act infect alot of people As any internet craze aficionado will know, there's a gossamer-fine line between inventing a popular meme and just looking stupid, if not a little deranged.
Indeed, if you're into online trends, you'll know all
about planking, breading, owling and Batmanning... and you'll definitely have
heard of Lion King-ing.
But here's a new one that is bound to get off the ground:
Quidditching.
Hundreds of Harry Potter fans are literally jumping at
the chance to show off their Quidditch skills in this new online rage that is
already beginning to sweep the globe.
All you need is a spring in your step, a quick-fingered
friend with a camera and a broomstick wedged firmly between your legs. And
unlike some of its predecessors, this is a trend that is both safe and easy.
It involves leaping with a broomstick to look like J.K.
Rowling's bespectacled wizard Harry Potter competing in a game of the mythical
sport Quidditch.
The game, made famous by Harry Potter and his wizard mates,
involves chasing Snitches and beating off Bludgers all while flying on
broomsticks. It began in Japan, invented by a handful of (presumably bored)
university students, and has already travelled to Russia, Europe and America.
It is not the first time a bizarre photograph meme has swept the globe on the
internet.
Most recently, Lion King-ing became the internet's most
popular fad.
It sees pet owners around the world lifting their animals
above their head, copying a famous scene from the film The Lion King in which
the wise mandrill Rafiki presents the young Simba to the herd. It joined the
ranks of planking, Tebowing, Batmanning and owling, to name a few.
Similar stupid craze trends include;
Planking involved people posting pictures of themselves
lying flat in random places for no apparent reason.
Tebowing took its name from the Denver Broncos
quarterback Tim Tebow, who dropped to one knee and paused with a hand resting
on his forehead as he prayed during a game. Images soon starting spring up all
over the internet of people pulling the exact same pose.
Owling consisted of people crouching on their haunches
and staring into the middle distance, like an owl.
Batmanning was similar, except participants hung upside
down.
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