This Greens Senator Encoded A Secret Scott Morrison Diss In Her Twitter Account
She slipped a Scott Morrison diss right in plain sight.
Most politicians are not very good at using Twitter. But consider Dr. Mehreen Faruqi, a senator for The Greens, the exception that makes the rule.
Late Friday night, Dr. Faruqi made what appeared on face value to be a last-minute rallying cry for her supporters to get around her and The Greens. In a series of 14 linked Tweets, she outlined The Greens’ policy on climate change, racial and gender inequality, tertiary education and social housing.
It was fairly standard stuff — an election message designed to be immediate, hopeful and inspiring, and to drive Aussies to the polls with a spring in their step.
Election day is tomorrow and I want to take a moment to talk about why Voting 1 @Greens in the Senate is so important…
— Mehreen Faruqi (@MehreenFaruqi) May 17, 2019
Now more than ever, we need urgent action on climate change. Neither major party has a plan that will stop global warming of more than 1.5 ºC.
The Greens do. It makes us 100% renewable by 2030, creates 180000 jobs and is fully costed. Have a read: https://t.co/AnWuSijY3m
— Mehreen Faruqi (@MehreenFaruqi) May 17, 2019
Only, within minutes, Twitter users noticed something.
oh my god look at the first letter of every tweet in this thread https://t.co/o0NCxdMn0t
— sam langford (@_slangers) May 17, 2019
Across her 14 tweets, Faruqi had encoded a secret message. If you read the first letter of each of her tweets, then the following all-time great Scott Morrison diss is spelled out: ‘Engadine Maccas.’
For those not in the know, ‘Engadine Maccas’ is a widely disseminated apocryphal tale that alleges that Scott Morrison shit himself in the Engadine arm of the fast food giant way back in 1997, following a loss by his beloved rugby team The Sharks.
Scott Morrison shat himself at Engadine McDonalds after the Sharks lost the GF in '97.
— ??????? ~ ??????? ?????? (@donjoyride) August 24, 2018
The story was first alleged by musician Joyride, who posted it on Twitter, but it’s now become a rallying cry — a beloved acknowledgement that coal-loving, Bible bashing, deeply insufferable Scott Morrison once crapped his pants in full view of a crowd of horrified punters just looking to get themselves a late night Big Mac and maybe a medium coke.
That Faruqi even knew about the meme, let alone had the gall to subtly code it into a last minute call for climate action ahead of a federal election, is a genuine miracle; proof, when it was so desperately needed, that yes, politicians are real life human beings who know how to have a laugh now and then.