There are some stories that you can't help but pay attention to.
The Prime Minister of the UK
allegedly inserting "a private part of his anatomy" into a dead pig's mouth is one of those stories.
It's times like this that Twitter comes into its own, and here are some of the best reactions we saw.
First we had the early mischief makers...
https://twitter.com/Conorpope/status/645725782598373376
Then a few people spotted some strange coincidences...
https://twitter.com/BarackObadyin/status/645727941838663680
https://twitter.com/Grant_Johnson87/status/645727764608249856
https://twitter.com/grthdvd/status/645853044123508736
https://twitter.com/Sarah_Woolley/status/645721244386619392
Soon the pop culture references began to flow...
https://twitter.com/BookStannis/status/645730435801214977
https://twitter.com/olifranklin/status/645881927568912384
And there was some debate over which hashtag we ought to be using...
https://twitter.com/mpopv/status/645772667665059842
https://twitter.com/Alex_Edelman/status/645754576524705792
Some strange denials had to be issued...
https://twitter.com/charltonbrooker/status/645720372109799424
https://twitter.com/charltonbrooker/status/645738652442734592
And in the end it all came back to politics...
https://twitter.com/TheMediaTweets/status/645719226674716672
https://twitter.com/keewa/status/645728277672259584
