The #AskLamps hashtag goes terribly wrong.
Frank Lampard is one of the most decorated players in English soccer history. He's Chelsea's all time leading goalscorer, a two-time Premier League player of the year, and a runner up for the 2005 FIFA player of the year award. And like many a European soccer star in the autumn of his career, Lampard is coming to America: Last week, he signed a two-year contract with New York City FC of Major League Soccer.
Today Lampard sat down at NYCFC headquarters to take questions tweeted to the #AskLamps hashtag:
The only problem? Lampard's nickname also happens to be the name for the common household lighting appliance. Twitter is not letting this fact go unnoticed.