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Who Blons A Dumb De Now? is a catchphrase popularized on Twitter / X inspired by a magazine's failure to align its pages correctly, making text that was intended to read "Who's a dumb blonde now?" instead read "Who blons a dumb de now?" The phrase has been referenced widely on Twitter in the decade since it was first posted in 2014, similar to precursors such as Don't Dead Open Inside.

Origin

On October 17th, 2014, Twitter user @TheNewsAtGlenn^[1] posted a picture of a magazine with its pages failing to line up properly. This caused a large graphic intended to read "Who's a dumb blonde now?" to instead read "Who blons a dumb de now?" The post gained over 6,100 retweets and 12,000 likes in 10 years (shown below).

Glenn Moore (Insta: @glennrogermoore) @TheNewsAtGlenn Who blons a dumb de now, eh? WHO BLONS A DUMB DE NOW? BEST... en her 11-year-old ter ran up a huge e bill, Paula hit on er idea that could te her a fortune... the phone bill ou're costing he told my tephanie, 11 ways gossiping the blower, Or on the internet id she had so called the taunts O ky Think blanket ban on all outgoing calls, not specific numbers. Something was needed to control which numbers could be dialled. It would also stop teens calling friends without their parents permission too. Rory thought it was a great idea. Make it, he urged Yeah, right. Funnily enough, Who ing tall and tormented umb blonde a beautician My husband was gorgeous I didn't feel it my sidest child ous mamage. I ind her using the ht it was for home n't have enough computer down- ayed in her room gwhen I went in to Eover her and read n: I can help with e we could meet...... was in a chatroom, her kids, Stephanie hadn't occurred to might not be id she was if the internet around,' I said. a blons sa de telecommunications technology wasn't my strong point... Then find someone to make it for you, he shrugged I cringed. I was just a mum. But those childhood taunts echoed Dumb blonde 'Childish So, suddenly defiant, taunts Charlie, six echoed in n. three, also st marriage, to my head' As well y 40, and I were ex- first child together BT, I told Rory, a roof They't tell me how to accessing the internet." could only impose a Thumb or broccoll? No 18 competition I leafed through Yellow Pages and found a local electronic engineer. You probably think I'm mad, said to Andrew Mullard. after explaining my idea "No, it's feasible," he told me. He said he'd make a prototype for a device which would only connect calls to pre-set numbers, unless you had a special code. It could be remote-controlled, so This is my boy Joe, two, who loves getting himself in a night old mess Lis Day, Weston- Super-Mare Somerset Watch & or goo you כרחוג dumb now? you could even use it when you were away from home. Meanwhile, baby Joseph came along, gorgeous and demanding In between feeds, I read up on patents. I had to be sure no one else had invented the product Finally sure, 1 filed in my own patent application A patent lets you stop anyone from making. using, selling or importing your invention for up to 20 years Andrew, 33, kept me posted We formed a company-he'd get a share of any profits telecom company, Commtel, in to make and market it. I saw a Yellow Pages, rang them sox times. Nobody called back Strapping Joseph into his car I picked up Andrew on the way seat, I decided to go round there Where had the confidence come from? Hormones, maybe I was pregnant again The managers are in a board meeting the receptionist said as we arrived at the head office We'll wat I insisted Minutes later, she informed with Jos Stephan me one of the managers coul see me if I was brief The is my big chance 1 alsed I explained my invention plugged it into their phone Ine Try ringing this I said, writin down Andrew's mobile numbe The manager pressed in th digits, but nothing happened Now I put in my secre code, I beamed. Try callin the number again." Andrew's phone bega to trill A ripple of applaus went round the room Commbel then agreed to manu facture and sell my invention Last October four months after baby Alfie was bom my Internet and Phone Guard won British Invention of the Year And this May, I was named Woman Inventor of the Year at an American show But Affe had an ear infection, so I couldn't go My Internet and Phone Guant is now on sale in Homebase for £25 Perhaps it will make me a millionaire. I've also been nominated for one of the World Technology Net work Awards in October But I'm no genius bus nesswoman, just a con dumb blonde now? cemed mum Who's the Paula Ward, 31, from Whyteleafe, Surrey By Joseph's first birthday, he'd created a prototype box which 250 Do you have a story about your baby, child plugged into a phone socket was registered as its inventor Now had to find somebody or teen? We'd love to hear it-and we pay you if it's printed. Write to: Kids Are Ust, that's e 3rd Floor, Academic House, 24-28 Oval Road, London NW1 70T. Or e-mail: thatalle.de@bauer.co.u 1:48 PM Oct 17, 2014 55

Spread

The tweet saw some immediate spread on social media. It was posted to the subreddit /r/funny by Redditor myothercarisayoshi on October 24th, 2014,^[4] where it gained over 1,900 upvotes in 10 years. It was also covered by the Irish publication The Daily Edge^[2] on October 23rd.

On October 2nd, 2015, the image was then reposted to the /r/funny^[3] subreddit, gaining over 530 upvotes in nine years.

The phrase has also been used to mock similar graphic design flaws. For example, on July 10th, 2016, Twitter user @unrepentantmess^[5] posted the phrase to joke about a folded newspaper front page, gaining 10 likes in eight years (shown below, left). On July 31st, 2020, Twitter user @redskyatnight^[6] used it with a confusing graphic, gaining over 45 likes in four years (shown below, right).

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On May 23rd, 2024, Twitter user @wangleberry posted a prompt asking for the most "load-bearing" posts in the site's history. In response, user @scriblit^[7] posted "Who Blons A Dumb De Now," gaining over 920 likes in five days and renewing interest in the meme (shown below).