The Age of the Celly keeps delivering delights. In the aftermath of the Nationals’ World Series victory, fans in DC began a campaign of anarchic do-gooding.
In a video posted to Twitter by Richmond Times-Dispatch sports reported Jackson Didlake, a group of fans chanted to locate the owner of a lost phone, which had been dropped in the crowd during the chaos of all the celebrations.
This is some drunk, wholesome content from some drunk, wholesome sports fans.
“WHO DROPPED THEIR PHONE?” A chant to find the owner of a lost phone in the streets of DC after the #Nationals #WorldSeries victory. pic.twitter.com/OkDlmWpNA8
— Jackson Didlake (@diidlake) November 2, 2019
Upon discovering the phone, the crowd circled around the Nats fan holding it aloft, and started chanting “who dropped their phone?” That chant rippled out until the owner discovered the device was missing and came to collect it.
The woman, in good humor, joined in as the chant shifted to “she dropped her phone,” dancing and jumping around once it was back in her possession.
That same night, fans also voiced their unanimous disapproval for rentable scooters, the locusts of DC. WaPo’s Meryl Kornfield provided this report:
A brief photo story from #Game7: Fans toss a scooter onto the ground as the crowd chants “fuck that scooter.” DC police intervene. pic.twitter.com/xhhFT0lpgO
— Meryl Kornfield (@MerylKornfield) October 31, 2019
This is all reminiscent of the happy riot for public works that followed the Eagle’s Super Bowl Championship in 2018:
Fans helping the police push one of these knocked over potted trees back on the sidewalk. Bystanders chanting, “FIX THAT TREE!” pic.twitter.com/UmDHpjJaFO
— Bethany Ao (@BethanyAo) February 5, 2018
(Thank you to Alyssa for reminding us all of the wisdom of crowds.)
Let’s recap. Drunk, celebratory fans can do three things:
- Return a lost phone
- Hate scooters
- Fix that tree
Please let us know if there are more.
Good work, fans. Proud of you.
Headline photo: @diidlake
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