Tales of the Tweets: Osama Bin Laden Edition

The news of Osama bin Laden’s death that broke late Sunday evening has proved to be a cause for jubilant celebration, somber reflection, detailed analysis… and thousands of jokes on Twitter.

Of course, things seem to get old really quickly in today’s lightning fast news cycle, so some of the bin Laden cracks already seem groan-inducingly obvious. Most of the bon mots fall into a few categories, which we’ve rounded up below.

iPhone location tracking jokes:

@justinepratt
Justine Pratt

The must have got Osama bin Laden by secretly accessing his location data on his iPhone.

about 14 hours ago via TwitterrificReplyRetweetFavorite

PlayStation hack jokes:

@glennyboi7
Glen Huggins

So Osama Bin Laden is dead… Amazing what the Americans can do when the Playstation Network is down.

about 7 hours ago via EchofonReplyRetweetFavorite

@jasonschreier
Jason Schreier

BREAKING: Osama bin Laden is dead. Shouldn't have put his address on PSN.

about 14 hours ago via webReplyRetweetFavorite

Birther/Donald Trump jokes:

@acarvin
Andy Carvin

Wondering if Donald Trump will demand to see Bin Laden's death certificate.

about 13 hours ago via TweetDeckReplyRetweetFavorite

Royal wedding jokes:

@AmandaStratton

The girl married her Prince. The bad guy is dead. It's a real Disney weekend here on Earth.

about 14 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®ReplyRetweetFavorite

Airport security jokes:

@jperrotto
John Perrotto

They should have captured Bin Laden alive and made him continually go through airport security for the rest of his life.

about 13 hours ago via webReplyRetweetFavorite

“It certainly took us long enough” jokes:

@qrunchmonkey
Kris Harris

Obama is reportedly still searching the White House basement for Bush's old "Mission Accomplished" banner

about 13 hours ago via Twitter for MacReplyRetweetFavorite

@NZAfro
Adam Hendra

R.I.P Osama Bin Laden – World Hide And Go Seek Champion (2001 – 2011)

about 14 hours ago via webReplyRetweetFavorite

May Day jokes:

@ryan_s_clark
Ryan S. Clark

Funny how people say "May Day" when they're going down. Looks like those folks were talking about Bin Laden.

about 12 hours ago via TweetDeckReplyRetweetFavorite

“Wait, did something happen?” jokes:

@SteveMartinToGo
Steve Martin

Slow news day.

about 10 hours ago via webReplyRetweetFavorite

There’s been tons of Twitter activity on this topic (the site was receiving more than 4,000 Tweets per second after President Obama’s speech Sunday night) so this is far from a comprehensive list! If there’s any type of joke we’ve left out, please feel free to let us know in the comments!

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