“She needs to sort out her priorities.”
Here’s a crisis you probably never thought you would see again.
This goes out to anyone who misses the humble VHS, and to anyone who has seen a seminal life event wiped from memory in favour of a much-loved fantasy franchise.
Hamish Ridley-Steele was clearing out his granny’s old tapes when he came across this, and it’s gone massively viral.
This video cassette I found at my grandmas house still makes me laugh so much pic.twitter.com/1c0M9Ag6IV
— hamish steele! Preorder DeadEndia 3! (@hamishsteele) February 7, 2018
Speaking to the Press Association, Ridley-Steel said “I’m not even sure which Pope was on the tape and to be honest with my grandmother, it might not even be Harry Potter – I don’t think she even remembers recording it.”
He went on to say that he uncovered the tape after his 90-year-old grandmother asked him and her husband to clear out her VHS cabinet, but to “save anything worth keeping.”
167,000 likes and 37,000 retweets later, it would be fair to say he made the right choice.
I posted this picture to Facebook 2 years ago (it popped up today on my memories) and got 2 likes and a comment from @dashiellsilva . Now I've got journalists in my DMs asking details.
— hamish steele! Preorder DeadEndia 3! (@hamishsteele) February 7, 2018
In reaction, Twitter came out in its numbers to aptly capture the moment, while a few others shared similar (harrowing) experiences.
I'm probably the fiftieth person to comment with this, but pic.twitter.com/d37ABdxQ6j
— Burrito Ergo Sum (@hazardhostile) February 7, 2018
I can one up this pic.twitter.com/2QfeOzreku
— Rhys 📼 (@FlemishDog) February 7, 2018
Some movies need repeated viewing, Matthew. Your birthday was bland, predictable and it happens every year, so we taped over it with a film that only has 53% on Rotten Tomatoes.
I forgot, they recorded over her birth twice pic.twitter.com/0xqNUZyJEr
— ABF (if you know, you know) (@activebtchface) February 7, 2018
this makes me remember how more than 10 years ago the pope died and they interrupted Shrek on tv to tell the news of it and they didn't turn it back on
— G I L (@GilwithaG) February 7, 2018
It was a tough time for us all.
https://twitter.com/RalfThePowerful/status/961422427053060096
How could we forget.
Anyway, because Granny Elisabeth has brought us all so much joy by sacrificing footage of the Pope’s funeral for (possibly) one of the Harry Potter movies, it seems only fair that we repay the debt owed to her.
So without further ado, here’s the funeral in full:
Clip via Alexander Lucien Corvinus
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