It doesn’t take much to rev up the Internet’s absurdity engine. Today, it was a pair of runaway llamas eluding capture by Sheriff’s deputies in Sun City, Ariz., much to the amusement of the Internet’s chattering masses. Low speed chase, anyone?
In case you missed it, head over to Deadspin to see a video of the incident, appropriately set to the tune of “Yakety Sax.”
On Twitter, #llamas, #teamllama and Black Llama made up three of the top four trending topics at one point in the afternoon. According to social analytics firm Spredfast, at its peak, at 3:30 p.m. Eastern, the llama conversation was generating 3,084 tweets a minute.
Naturally, brands weren’t about to pass up a real-time marketing opportunity. Here’s a selection of some that we found. We’ll leave it up to you to decide which ones lean on groan-worthy puns and which were clever.
Llama tell you about our great deals. http://t.co/NxcPnrDM8W #llamawatch #llamas — Microsoft Store (@MicrosoftStore) February 26, 2015
Rumor has it the #llamas are running to get down on these new #Shareables. pic.twitter.com/8w8JmUGmW4 — Applebee's (@Applebees) February 26, 2015
Llama drama. pic.twitter.com/lt6RZNURWZ — Disney (@Disney) February 26, 2015
Better #Llamas than bears, right? #TeamLlama…. #tweetfromtheseat — Charmin (@Charmin) February 26, 2015
Viva las #llamas ! pic.twitter.com/KPCOzeHG6Z — Zappos (@zappos) February 26, 2015
.@tonyhsieh Chief Llama Whisperer #llamasontheloose #llamas pic.twitter.com/SzrAS30iDK — Zappos (@zappos) February 26, 2015
"we are chill, we mean no harm. give us some fries." -llamas, probably — Denny's (@DennysDiner) February 26, 2015
those llamas just out there trying to get some new snacks — Denny's (@DennysDiner) February 26, 2015
Our #MarvelCharacterOfTheDay is CLEARLY Black Lama. #llamawatch pic.twitter.com/3IqDFoBhdp — Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) February 26, 2015
Even #llamas are #UpForWhatever. #TEAMLLAMAS pic.twitter.com/rOgTCbM7As — Bud Light (@budlight) February 26, 2015
The struggle is real #LlamaDrama pic.twitter.com/hetOFzRBlW — Whataburger® (@Whataburger) February 26, 2015
The llamas clearly just #WannaGetAway… #LlamaGetAway? — Southwest Airlines (@SouthwestAir) February 26, 2015
OH THANK GOD LLAMA WE WERE SO WORRIED ABOUT U. #LlamaWatch2015 #llamadrama pic.twitter.com/R9Jvl6RWoA — Pete Zaroll (@totinos) February 26, 2015
The #AZCardinals have agreed to one-year deals with the #llamasontheloose. Each llama will earn 2,340 lbs of hay. Steve Keim does it again. — Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) February 26, 2015
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