Twitter can be an especially unforgiving place, but every once in a while, something pops that brings the Internet together. This time, it was a photo from—of all places—the Museum of English Rural Life. Located at the University of Reading, the museum serves as an archive and library to educate people about farming and the history of the countryside in England. And a lot more people are learning about the Museum of English Rural Life these days thanks to this photo of a particularly large sheep—and its spot-on caption.
look at this absolute unit. pic.twitter.com/LzcQ4x0q38 — The Museum of English Rural Units (@TheMERL) April 9, 2018
According to the museum: “This unit in particular was an Exmoor Horn aged ram, owned by G.F. Thorne, The Barton, Simonsbath, Minehead, Somerset.” (For the uninitiated, a “unit” is someone who’s so thickly clad in muscle that it looks like they never leave the gym. So in this case, think Thor Björnsson in ovine form, squatting twice his bodyweight and barely breaking a sweat.) As the tweet gained some traction—over 20,000 retweets and over 60,000 likes—and people started reacting to the photo, the social media account for the museum went all-in. The account started posting reactions to the tweet, and some new photos for everyone’s viewing pleasure. Take a look at a few of our favorites below.
us explaining to the Board how our thicc boi went viral pic.twitter.com/OyEtVatWCU — The Museum of English Rural Units (@TheMERL) April 10, 2018
in awe at the size of this lad. pic.twitter.com/iycPRPjyed — The Museum of English Rural Units (@TheMERL) April 9, 2018
This is so #diva but we’re not a ‘local museum’. But, if we call ourselves a national museum that’s misleading because we’re not directly funded by the government. So, it’s more accurate to call us a museum with a national focus.#toomuchdetail #thanksforthemoment pic.twitter.com/hUfFUxsWy4 — The Museum of English Rural Units (@TheMERL) April 9, 2018
Probably looks much less majestic without his coat pic.twitter.com/GEtbuvdOC5 — The Museum of English Rural Units (@TheMERL) April 9, 2018
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Twitter can be an especially unforgiving place, but every once in a while, something pops that brings the Internet together. This time, it was a photo from—of all places—the Museum of English Rural Life. Located at the University of Reading, the museum serves as an archive and library to educate people about farming and the history of the countryside in England.
And a lot more people are learning about the Museum of English Rural Life these days thanks to this photo of a particularly large sheep—and its spot-on caption.
look at this absolute unit. pic.twitter.com/LzcQ4x0q38
— The Museum of English Rural Units (@TheMERL) April 9, 2018
According to the museum: “This unit in particular was an Exmoor Horn aged ram, owned by G.F. Thorne, The Barton, Simonsbath, Minehead, Somerset.” (For the uninitiated, a “unit” is someone who’s so thickly clad in muscle that it looks like they never leave the gym. So in this case, think Thor Björnsson in ovine form, squatting twice his bodyweight and barely breaking a sweat.)
As the tweet gained some traction—over 20,000 retweets and over 60,000 likes—and people started reacting to the photo, the social media account for the museum went all-in. The account started posting reactions to the tweet, and some new photos for everyone’s viewing pleasure. Take a look at a few of our favorites below.
us explaining to the Board how our thicc boi went viral pic.twitter.com/OyEtVatWCU
— The Museum of English Rural Units (@TheMERL) April 10, 2018
in awe at the size of this lad. pic.twitter.com/iycPRPjyed
This is so #diva but we’re not a ‘local museum’.
But, if we call ourselves a national museum that’s misleading because we’re not directly funded by the government.
So, it’s more accurate to call us a museum with a national focus.#toomuchdetail #thanksforthemoment pic.twitter.com/hUfFUxsWy4
Probably looks much less majestic without his coat pic.twitter.com/GEtbuvdOC5
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