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20th December 2016
12:10am GMT
As you probably have been aware, if you've been anywhere the internet in the last 48 hours, British astronaut Tim Peake is currently on board a Soyuz rocket en route to a six-month posting on the International Space Station.
Predictably, since Peake is the first British citizen to fly on an agency space mission (there have been others, but they were private contractors and naturalised US citizens), the internet on this side of the pond has gone a bit mental about it all.
And even more predictably, everyone has made the EXACT SAME OBSERVATION ABOUT HIS NAME.
We have just reached peak #TimPeake
— David Griffith (@theplaguedoc) December 15, 2015
We've reached peak Tim Peake.
— Patrick Smith (@psmith) December 15, 2015
(Bear in mind, this is just a tiny sample)
Peak Peake #TimPeake
— barney farmer (@barneyfarmer) December 15, 2015
A little bit of variation here at least...
Tim Peake peaks as we reach peak Tim Peake #TimPeake #Principia
— Dr Pete Etchells (@PeteEtchells) December 15, 2015
And we're back.
We have hit peak Tim Peake
— Andrew M (@AM_HC) December 15, 2015
This is peak Tim Peake ???? #TimPeake #BritInSpace
— Lisa (@lisaloulaa) December 15, 2015
When will Twitter reach peak Peake? #TimPeake #DadJokes
— Paul Allen (@TweetWithPaul) December 15, 2015
Come on, internet, you can do better than this...
We've reached peak Tim Peake IMO
— Chris Applegate (@chrisapplegate) December 15, 2015
Evidently not.
In fact, it's become so bad that they've started interacting with one another...
I think we're approach Peak Peake. #TimPeake PS Sorry.
— Mark Pack (@markpack) December 15, 2015
@markpack surely Peake hype is only about to take off with peak Peake at 11 #TimPeake
— Geek (@geekjamesh) December 15, 2015
And this one...
@LewisWiltshire we are about to reach a Major Major Tim Peake Peak.
— David Wilding (@drwilding) December 15, 2015
... followed by:
@LewisWiltshire that may be the best Tweet I've ever sent. A shame to waste it on an @ reply really...
— David Wilding (@drwilding) December 15, 2015
Was it, though? Was it really?
Defo peak #TimPeake
— stewart hampton (@stewhampton) December 15, 2015
Have we reached peak #TimPeake yet?
— Con Kennedy (@ConKennedy) December 15, 2015
No, Con, we have not.
But we've certainly reached peak 'Peak Tim Peake'.
