![Boris Johnson Sitting On A Bench Boris Johnson Sitting On A Bench](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/031/114/Screen_Shot_2019-09-24_at_4.41.31_PM.jpg)
Boris Johnson Sitting On A Bench
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Boris Johnson Sitting On A Bench refers to a photo captured of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson and BBC News Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg together sitting on a bench with Boris showing a confused expression on his face. The photo became subject to caption challenges on Twitter and was also photoshopped on social media.
Origin
The photo was screenshot from a BBC News report on September 3rd, 2019, which was then picked up by the Poke, a British satirical website, on September 6th (shown below), who started a caption challenge on Twitter of the image under their #PokeChallenge hashtag with the image of Boris Johnson and Laura Kuenssberg sitting together[1] (see below).
![Boris Johnson The Poke poke.@ThePoke Captions, anyone? #pokechallenge 4:59 AM Sep 6, 2019 TweetDeck](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/583/661/dee.jpg)
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Following the tweet, many Twitter users began making jokes about the image. For example, Twitter user @DoctorLeeds made a joke about Johnson being lectured (shown below, left). User JimMFelton joked that Johnson, recently sworn in as Prime Minister, looked completely unhinged (shown below, right).
![Tell Ur Teacher Gavin @DoctorLeeds Replying to@ThePoke "Next time you think you need a poo tell a teacher before it gets to0 late..." 8:20 AM Sep 6, 2019 Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/583/686/de9.jpg)
![Unhinged James Felton @JimMFelton Four days into parliament and he looks like a concerned relative has found him drinking heavily and shouting at pigeons in a bin 3:29 AM Sep 6, 2019 Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/583/711/c67.jpg)
Later that day, The Poke[2] ran a list of some of the best jokes about the picture. Other popular examples include a tweets by @AyoCaesar (shown below, left) and @JohnRivers (shown below, right).
![Divorced Boris Ash Sarkar @AyoCaesar This picture has very big "I've met someone new, stay away from me and the kids" energy 4:11 AM Sep 6, 2019 Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/583/717/498.jpg)
![John Rivers John Rivers @johnrivers "How about... how about I tell people you're allergic to the new dog and it's given you some sort of brain thing?" 3:40 AM Sep 6, 2019 from Cambridge, England Twitter for Android](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/583/722/b8e.jpg)
Various Examples
![Bloody Hell Boris Scott Innes @Flying Inside "Before we left I asked you if you needed to use the toilet and you said no." 4:34 AM Sep 6, 2019 Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/583/723/60d.jpg)
![We're Worried Boris Unnamed Insider @Unnamedinsider "Boris, we're worried about you, we've had everyone out looking, you can't sleep on this bench another night!" 5:03 AM Sep 6, 2019 Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/583/726/7bb.jpg)
![Uncle Boris Pls joe @mutablejoe gently talking your uncle out of making a move on your friend from yoga 4:11 AM Sep 6, 2019 Twitter Web App](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/583/732/e08.jpg)
![Lets Go On Holiday Dom Joly @domjoly THE HEZBOLLAH ING CI "So...and I don't want you to get more upset...but there's a general feeling that you're not very good at this. How does a short walking holiday in Switzerland sound?" 5:00 AM Sep 6, 2019 Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/583/737/4ba.jpg)
![Can't Do That In Gregg's joe heenan @joeheenan "Look, you just can't walk into Greggs, go behind the counter, place your c--- next to the cakes & shout WHO WANTS A BIT OF MY YUM YUM? You made that little girl cry" 6:35 AM Sep 6, 2019 Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/583/741/8ac.jpg)
![checking in with HR Sam Whyte @SamWhyte "HR just want to know how *you* feel it's going" 5:33 AM Sep 6, 2019 Twitter Web App](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/583/742/d25.jpg)
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