Waiting for Mubarak

Tens of thousands of tweets are pouring into cyberspace about the Egypt situation (#egypt and #jan25 hashtags, for example), including news, commentary and a lot of humor. In fact, on Twitter anyone can jump on the virtual stage and share their humor, which runs in parallel to serious and sobering information about the emerging events in Egypt.

Mubarak Remains Defiant, Says He Won't Step Down

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As President Hosni Mubarak was deciding his fate on Thursday, and the world was waiting for him to render his decision on state TV, the Twitter community started a hashtag (a way to aggregate tweets on a theme)   #ReasonsMubarakIsLate, giving people a place to share their humor as the events surrounding his status unfolded. Below are some examples:

@magicgirlsue "He was waiting for Godot." #ReasonsMubaraksLate

@Umm_Issa  "He's taking down all his Justin Bieber posters #ReasonsMubarakIsLate"

@haytham_lashin "#ReasonsMubarakIsLate "Changing his facebook relationship status with #EGYPT to it's complicated."

@LSal92 "#ReasonsMubarakIsLate "30 years in the same house....he's got a lot of sh*t to pack."

@mk1969 #reasonsmubarakislate "he's still negotiating a fee with @piersmorgan's new talent booker"

@J_Kellar "He is talking to Brett Favre getting tips on how to retire properly" #ReasonsMubarakIsLate

Humorist Mo Rocca (@MoRocca) offers his assessment via Twitter: "Hosni Mubarak to announce he's joining Miami Heat. Cairo Cavaliers fans expected to riot."