#SeduceSomeoneInFourWords sets Twitter ablaze with memes & witty responses; Netflix & Durex India respond
The challenge took the Twitterverse by storm on Thursday morning.
By ET Online |
Agencies
The responses, not to anyone’s surprise, were witty and hilarious.
They say seduction is art and needless to say, Twitterati are no strangers to it. On Thursday morning, the entire Twitterverse seemed to be obsessed with #SeduceSomeoneInFourWords. In the day and age where millennials swipe right and find that ‘special someone’ on dating apps, Twitter gave lessons on how to woo someone is just 4 words.
The responses, not to anyone’s surprise, were witty and hilarious. From brands to ordinary netizens, everybody tried their hand at ‘seducing’ and boy, did they do a good job...at making people laugh.
For starters, Netflix India ‘seduced’ all the binge-watchers and couch potatoes with a witty one-liner.
All episodes now streaming. #SeduceSomeoneInFourWords
While Pizza Hut went for foodies, Penguin Books UK knew exactly what their bibliophile audience would love.
‘Let's go book shopping.’ #SeduceSomeoneInFourWords https://t.co/funRlqbfsU
— Penguin Books UK (@PenguinUKBooks) 1579170281000
The historical Mary Rose Museum, UK made an offer that no history enthusiast can refuse.
Check out my Artefacts! #SeduceSomeoneInFourWords https://t.co/bCusctcCwb
— The Mary Rose (@MaryRoseMuseum) 1579163949000
Kings XI Punjab, the Twitter handle of the Priety Zinta-owned IPL team took things up a notch and came up with a hilarious poll.
#SeduceSomeoneInFourWords Tuhannu ki pasand hai? #SaddaPunjab
— Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) 1579164908000
The question asked in the poll were, ‘Tuhannu ki pasand hai?’, which loosely translates to ‘What do you like?’ The poll had cheeky options like ‘KL Rahul di batting’ and ‘Jimmy Neesham de tweets’.
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New Zealand International cricketer Jimmy Neesham had a tongue-in-cheek response to the tweet.
I don’t even know what any of this means but I think I should win ♂️ https://t.co/YwW09mde2n
Have you tried your hand at this hilarious new challenge?
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