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Published 13:24 4 Jul 2013 BST
Updated 14:01 11 Jun 2015 BST
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It’s not even lunchtime yet, but we’ve already seen the best thing on Twitter today.
If you’re not already following Colm Tobin on the social networking site, you should be. You’ll find him here, and you can thank us later.
Today, Tobin took former England rugby captain Will Carling to task over a tweet he ‘stole’ yesterday, regarding the Lions team selection for Saturday’s eagerly anticipated final test. The original tweet...
Big congrats to Sean O' Brien, Tommy Bowe and Jonathan Sexton on their debut for Wales this weekend.
— Colm Tobin (@colmtobin) July 3, 2013
Tobin’s take on the matter received a lot of love on Twitter, but naturally it also attracted quite a few Internet pirates, quickly passing the joke off as their own.
Carling was one such tweeter, and he received the full force of Tobin’s indignance at the matter, as the writer publicly posted Carling this hilarious invoice this morning.
Dear @willcarling, please find attached an invoice for my joke, which you tweeted yesterday. Kind regards, Colm Tobin pic.twitter.com/5PyVgsJV1E
— Colm Tobin (@colmtobin) July 4, 2013
To his credit, Carling was quick to apologise…
@colmtobin apologies - a mate of mine texted me the joke - so had no idea where it came from!
— Will Carling (@willcarling) July 4, 2013
To be fair, that kind of competitive rate on 800 years of oppression cannot be considered anything but a bargain.
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