Not even Phil McCann himself could come up with these 17 very British petrol crisis memes

This whole thing is a fever dream, someone please make it stop

3 years ago

The UK is in the midst of a supposed fuel crisis and it’s sent this silly little island into complete and utter chaos. A lot of petrol stations were left high and dry this weekend due to people panic buying. The whole thing basically feels like one big fever dream and naturally people on Twitter are dragging those out panic buying by using memes.

Everyone first lost their mind when a BBC reporter named Phil McCann (fill my can) did a live report inside an empty station with no fuel. And then people continued to bully anyone else who was pictured queueing for petrol. It’s all very jokes. So let’s add some fuel to this fire and show off some of the best memes about the petrol crisis:

1. I don’t even have to play this video to know what is said

My fuel tank right now#fuelpanic pic.twitter.com/KSv27kUXgn

— JustJuicyEdits (@justjuicyedits) September 27, 2021

2. This is peak British humour

Just filled the car up with petrol.

Now all my seats are ruined #panicbuying #fuelshortage pic.twitter.com/IZLtbzqPg5

— Fran Garrity (@FranGarrity1) September 24, 2021

3. Would you look at all of those sheep!!

Just been past the local petrol station.. pic.twitter.com/hvjJRIYIQt

— LINGsCARS.com (@LINGsCARS) September 27, 2021

4. Not to mention people keep smacking into you!!

Had to abandon my car. Absolutely ridiculous.

Driving round in circles, and couldn’t get petrol anywhere! #petrolshortage #petrolpanic pic.twitter.com/pvrz4SCkZ6

— Sian McBride (@SiansStories) September 25, 2021

5. Is Jay wrong though?? No

Everyone with electric cars driving past a petrol station now #fuelshortage #panicbuying pic.twitter.com/4NiJZk2wqU

— Daryl (@djm140591) September 24, 2021

6. The government really does love adding fuel to the petrol crisis fire

The government handling the petrol crisis pic.twitter.com/vLlyRBpQr1

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) September 27, 2021

7. You heard it here first, unicorn dust crisis incoming

Not sure why this car is queuing for petrol? pic.twitter.com/fGHwkT3hsg

— Charlotte Hugh (@Charlottehugh1) September 27, 2021

8. This is hell

Meanwhile in the UK 🇬🇧 #PetrolShortages #petrolcrisis #petrolpanic pic.twitter.com/ToAVYUpTK1

— Ines Marx (@BitmapAxis) September 27, 2021

9. Brb, I am on my way to Swanley

20L for 150,000 or a 3-bed mid terrace. Any takers?! 😆#petrolcrisis pic.twitter.com/f4xfAs6KhD

— Anna Stewart (@annastewartcnn) September 28, 2021

10. ‘He gave me the last pump’

‘So how did you guys meet?’
‘At an ESSO during the petrol crisis, he gave me the last pump, I knew straight away he was the one’

— Grace Campbell (@GraceCampbell) September 28, 2021

11. Phil McCann is a hun

The correspondent the BBC sent to cover the petrol shortage this morning is called Phil McCann pic.twitter.com/t64piutcg6

— Talia Shadwell (@TaliaShadwell) September 25, 2021

12. This is a bloody good deal, I’ll take five

Got 5 bags of petrol for sale. £80 a bag. pic.twitter.com/x3lgBg9RU4

— Beeb (@ybees3) September 24, 2021

13. This is a stunning mode of transport

Jacob Rees Mogg seems strangely untroubled by the petrol shortage. #petrolcrisis #PanicAtThePumps pic.twitter.com/LAgORhHKld

— Parody Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson_MP) September 27, 2021

14. Look at the size of that cue!! What a joke

There was a massive cue outside the petrol station this morning. pic.twitter.com/5yk4SovonZ

— No Context Brits (@NoContextBrits) September 25, 2021

15. Boris Johnson is such a hands on prime minister

Today I'm helping to deliver petrol. #fuelshortages pic.twitter.com/2SzrjtBdeK

— Parody Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson_MP) September 28, 2021

16. This kind of slaps

“This petrol shortage got me thinking about how you were my fuel. Life’s too short and we should really just refill our tank before it’s too late” pic.twitter.com/ASca4eRMap

— armaan (@armaxan) September 24, 2021