On Thursday, as Massachusetts prepared for “swift, heavy and dangerous” snow, Gov. Deval Patrick held a press briefing to issue warnings and safety advice about winter storm Nemo. But it was someone else who got most of the attention — a woman with a fan.
Standing behind Patrick, fan lady distracted viewers almost to the point of hypnosis.
I think the lady fanning herself behind @devalpatrick yesterday needs her own hash tag. #fanlady. What can you come up with? So distracting.
— Terri (@bivange) February 8, 2013
Live press conference? Ain't nobody got time for that. This lady fanning herself is killing me. #devalpatrick pic.twitter.com/kAJ5N8BS
— Stephanie Marie* (@SMHill91) February 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/kawlisa/status/299724340600123392
Twitter users identified “fan lady” as Andrea Cabral, Secretary of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security.
Love it. Watching @MassGovernor hold a press conference about storm prep & am distracted by Andrea Cabral fanning herself.
— Betty (@coolcancer83) February 7, 2013
Cue the Andrea Cabral memes. Was @MassGovernor speaking? I couldn't hear him with that fan going. #magov
— Rob Beland (@rbeland) February 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/ErinKLeith/status/299647569099898880
https://twitter.com/naufraga/status/299730482252361728
https://twitter.com/MichConnors/status/299665032579514370
@MassGovernor who is the woman fanning behind the podium NOT speaking and every speaker had to get around her. VERY distracting to see her
— Laura Joseph (@HealingWSpirit) February 7, 2013
@MassGovernor have that woman stop fanning herself. It's distracting.
— Jessie Lee (@jessielee79) February 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/JonathanLulzSec/status/299651717262352385
@MassGovernor thanks, I was watching but distracted by that woman fanning herself. It was almost hypnotic.
— @abelisle4 (@abelisle4) February 7, 2013
@MassGovernor who is the woman fanning behind the podium NOT speaking and every speaker had to get around her. VERY distracting to see her
— Laura Joseph (@HealingWSpirit) February 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/Bclarke255/status/299649636279410688
@MassGovernor so much chatter about the woman behind you fanning herself during the pressed. Who is she and why was she there?
— Susan F (@suevfraz) February 7, 2013
Gov. Patrick also played second fiddle to an extremely enthusiastic sign language interpreter.
https://twitter.com/RomeMiano/status/299906282578649089
looks like everyone thinks the sign language woman & other woman with the fan @ Deval Patrick's presser could make a great @nbcsnl skit
— Courtney Swift ✩ (@courtswiftstar) February 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/M_Budd44/status/299651727613906944
And then the governor's sign-language interpreter worked it. She worked it good. @MassGovernor #Nemo
— Christopher Monks (@crmonks) February 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/MahvelousMahly/status/299650564596314112
https://twitter.com/JamiePals/status/299649921429159937
Wow sign-language really can emphasize Gov. Deval Patrick's warning about the snow storm
— John10e (@John10e) February 7, 2013
Hat tip: @Delmonico_OK
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