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How the giant Dublin Minion captured the world’s attention

Bananas.

Erin Van Londen Erin Van Londen

YESTERDAY ALL OF our fears were realised when the Minions finally took Dublin.

At around 3pm the giant inflatable yellow monster broke from from its restraints in a Santry fairground and blew onto the Old Swords Road.

Within hours it had made news headlines worldwide, after being first reported by TheJournal.ie….

In Sydney

Sydney Morning Herald Sydney Morning Herald

In India

India.com India.com

In Hollywood

Hollywood Reporter Hollywood Reporter

In Pennsylvania

Penn Live Penn Live

In the UK

The Guardian The Guardian

Time Magazine spotted a potential pun

Time Time

People Magazine used the world ‘snarl’

People People

Mashable said what we were all thinking

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Various images were uploaded several times to the Imgur sharing website

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With captions like…

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And Twitter was all over it, of course

Stay safe out there.

- Written by Emer McLysaght and originally published on DailyEdge.ie

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    Apr 18th 2015, 6:55 PM

    I’ve also heard that Cadbury’s have hacked off one-fifth of Freddo the Frog .

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    Apr 18th 2015, 7:00 PM

    And our giving redundancies to their staff as they are moving operations to a cheaper country

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    Apr 19th 2015, 5:13 AM

    everybody is leaving. I am hoping to go myself and I am in the higher tax bracket. I stayed because i felt it served my country to pay tax and support others. I am now over it. It doesn’t serve me anymore. I am in debt and I would be better off elsewhere.

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    Apr 19th 2015, 5:14 AM

    and when I say debt, its minimum and I can pay it back. Not compared to the fraudsters that gambled. They have put me and many others in debt

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    Apr 18th 2015, 10:05 PM

    Dear Mr. Journalist. It’s “how quickly”, not “how quick”. When describing a verb, you use an adverb, not an adjective. I know that the internet likes to bugger with adverbs, particularly if it pertains to doing anything “direct”, but you, as indebted as you are to the English language for your living should be able to show that language just a modicum of respect.

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    Apr 18th 2015, 6:49 PM

    I wish wikileaks would stop invading other people’s privacy. It worries me to think what would happen if they started targeting business and political figures over here, not that there’s anything to hide of course.

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    Apr 18th 2015, 6:52 PM

    Fake account

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    Apr 18th 2015, 6:55 PM

    Fake account but some of the view expressed aren’t far off the YFG mentality

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    Apr 18th 2015, 6:55 PM

    I suppose Mr and Ms Majority really thought you looked like a silent when you were born?

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    Apr 18th 2015, 7:00 PM

    Silent majority who are you?

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    Apr 18th 2015, 7:09 PM

    Looks like Kevin and yfg are best buddies .. Interesting

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    Apr 18th 2015, 7:13 PM

    Suzie are you and davedunne the same person? You both seem a bit obsessed with me.

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    Apr 18th 2015, 7:22 PM

    Is that the best you could come up with ?

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    Apr 18th 2015, 7:23 PM

    I differ in policy to yfg on most issue. It’s a careerists clubs for most. Boosts the cv for various employers. I dislike yfg and would never vote FG after what they’ve done.

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