If you’ve been on Twitter today, chances are you haven’t managed to avoid the rage around the five-year prison sentence Oscar Pistorius today received for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
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The anger around what many perceived to be an already light charge was only compounded when it was revealed that the former Olympic and Paralympic athlete would only serve 10 months of his sentence before being eligible to apply for parole.
As is so often the case though, anger rapidly turned to dark humour with the hashtag #ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence cropping up on Twitter.
Here is what Twitter’s collective wit was able to come up with:
The time it took Msholozi to say R939,360,000 (http://t.co/Rf5aoz21iK)
#ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence
— Nick Hamman (@Nick_Hamman) October 21, 2014
#ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence The actual murder trial
— Jonathan Carr (@JonathanCarr92) October 21, 2014
#ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence Iphone battery life
— LADHumour (@LadHumour) October 21, 2014
The drive-thru queue at McDs #ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence
— Ian Bredenkamp (@IanBredenkamp) October 21, 2014
6 years. #ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence
#amidoingthisright?
— 6000 (@6000) October 21, 2014
The Blackberry fad #ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence
— Rick-Rack Cadillac (@irCadillac) October 21, 2014
This hashtag #ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence
— Shaun Fickling (@theshauning) October 21, 2014
Time spent typing this tweet #ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence
— Louis Nel (@LouisNel) October 21, 2014
The lecture from your mom after you didnt take the chicken out the freezer #ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence
— Pineapple Cabana (@icecreamrevenge) October 21, 2014
A season of Masterchef Australia #ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence
— Rick-Rack Cadillac (@irCadillac) October 21, 2014
#ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence Kim Kardashians last marriage.
— Mo (@Mr_Ndilula_JR) October 21, 2014
#ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence ….the gaps between words in Zuma's speeches
— Mr Wonderful (@NickkTitan) October 21, 2014
The pain and torture of listening to a Danny K CD #ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence
— Sandile Khumalo (@sandilesick) October 21, 2014
#ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence The tongue lashing from madam after forgetting her birthday
— Man O' Colour (@phareye) October 21, 2014
#ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence The Generations actors strike.
— Takashi (@Rads_Eon) October 21, 2014
#ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence
Luis Suarez's ban from football
— The Cunning Linguist (@LarrenWuke) October 21, 2014
#ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence
The snot drool. pic.twitter.com/eOTcm04fgy
— The Betting Bar (@TheBettingBar) October 21, 2014
#thingslongerthanoscarssentence @kimkardashian and @rayj's sextape
— Larry Andreas (@Larry_Andreas) October 21, 2014
#ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence Michelle's verse in Survivor. pic.twitter.com/XtHOxveziW
— MTV Base Africa (@MTVbaseAfrica) October 21, 2014
#thingslongerthanoscarssentence the time it takes to find lost textbooks in Limpopo.
— G.R.T (@sir_Ret) October 21, 2014
#ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence An #XFactor winners career
— Michael Camilleri (@MikeCam) October 21, 2014
