What started out as a reaction to the electricity crisis has ended up an awesome response to everyone’s problems: just #BlameBassil. The Twitter hashtag is a reference to Lebanon’s infamously ineffectual energy minister, Gebran Bassil.
Here’s how it works: if something goes wrong for you today, nay – from this moment on and for the rest of your life – you point the finger at Gebran Bassil.
Why? Because the Internet cannot think of a better juice box to blame than Bassil. And the Internet, peeps, is never wrong. Don’t do it for you, do it for your country.
Here’s a roundup of some of our favorite tweets from #BlameBassil:
No Electricity = No Water Pump = No Water = No Shower! We will all stink w nfatso la Bassil!
#BlameBassil— Mo Tibi (@MoeTibz) July 31, 2012
@yasminagha@ghaziur I just lost my progress in FIFA12 career mode on PS3.. I#BlameBassil— Ghassan Fakhri (@GaS_Fakhri) August 2, 2012
Man it’s too hot. I need to get me a battery powered fan or something cuz for some reason, there’s no electricity
#BlameBassil— Siso (@SasoTheGreat) August 2, 2012
Every night instead of watching something fun on tv, I get to watch the wax slowly melt off of half a dozen candles
#BlameBassil— Siso (@SasoTheGreat) August 2, 2012
Gets her period, blames bassil
#blamebassil— Jean (@jeanassy) August 1, 2012
If i didn t succeed
#BlameBassil— cantis chehade (@CantisC) August 2, 2012
His gf is a whore
#BlameBassil— cantis chehade (@CantisC) August 1, 2012
Broke my nail
#BlameBassil— Rita Moukarzel (@Ritamoukmouk) August 1, 2012
Ba3d ma nezlo l ma3ashet!
#blamebassil— Cyrill Reaidy (@CyrillReaidy) August 2, 2012
#chucknorris#blamebassil for stealing his fame— Sara Hamdar (@SaraHamdar) August 2, 2012
I think i woke up on the wrong side of bed
#blamebassil— Houssam Sidani (@Hees84) August 2, 2012
I’m too tired to do any sort of work
#BlameBassil— Oz Najjar (@OzoGorgor) August 2, 2012
Yawnnn Good morning
#lebanon ,I’m out of nescafe for the first time ever! naturally I#blamebassil— Fabiana Bechara (@FabianaBechara) August 2, 2012
sarle se3a natra el vallet
#blamebassil#lebanon— Fabiana Bechara (@FabianaBechara) August 1, 2012
My cat pooped on my foot
#BlameBassil— Oz Najjar (@OzoGorgor) August 1, 2012
Facebook stock price is 20.48
#blamebassil— omar geryes (@omar_geryes) August 2, 2012