On Friday, he was just another Australian high school student. By the end of the weekend, 17-year-old Will Connolly was the international sensation EggBoy, the prankster who launched a thousand (give or take) memes.
Philadelphia 76ers basketball player Ben Simmons, who is Australian, called Connolly an “Australian legend.” A Turkish philosophy professor invited Connolly to vacation in Turkey, all expenses paid.
Australia has a long history of egg-throwing in politics, going back to 1917, when a man named Patrick Brosnan threw an egg at Prime Minister Billy Hughes in protest over Hughes’ plans for military conscription. Hughes’ hat flew off and the prime minister reached inside his jacket to pull out his gun, only to find he had left it behind.
The police minister for the state of Victoria, Lisa Neville, told reporters that police were examining video of the egging and its aftermath and interviewing witnesses to determine whether to file charges against any of those involved.Meanwhile, an online petition sponsored by the activist organization change.org Australia, calling for Anning to be “pushed to resign” from Parliament, became the fastest-growing petition in Australian history, gathering 1.
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