So the Detroit Lions beat the Minnesota Vikings in a Thanksgiving NFL game today, but all anyone (and by anyone we mean Twitter) could talk about was Aretha Franklin's ridiculously long rendition of the national anthem.
For the record, it clocked in at four minutes and thirty-five seconds.
CBS put a pretty nice roundup of reactions together, which you can read below, and if we're going by USA Today, then Ms. Franklin's performance smashes previous long-anthem records by Alicia Keys and Natalie Cole.
Have we started a trend? Who will really go all the way next year?
Due to the length of Aretha Franklin's national anthem… Both teams have to warm up again. Kick off pushed back half hour #figureitout
— D Durkin (@D_Durkin) November 24, 2016
The ref should throw a delay of game flag at Aretha Franklin for this National Anthem. #thanksgivingthursday
— AJ Burman (@BurmanAJ) November 24, 2016
Due to Aretha Franklin's national anthem, kickoff for the Vikings Lions game has been pushed back to 4:25
— Jake Berger (@Jake_Berger) November 24, 2016
Kaepernick would've developed arthritis in his knee for kneeling so long if the 49ers were playing while Aretha Franklin sang the anthem
— Brock (@BrockOgami) November 24, 2016
If Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the Aretha Franklin version of the National Anthem, he'd need an orthopedic surgeon to stand again.
— Dubsism (@Dubsism) November 24, 2016
I cooked my whole turkey, ate and did the dishes during Aretha Franklin's National Anthem performance.
— B. Miller (@BlaiseInKC) November 24, 2016
when aretha franklin started singing the national anthem, we were cutting the turkey. By the time she finished we were opening presents smh
— psyche$nelic (@SnelbangTheGoat) November 24, 2016
Turkey's gettin' cold, Aretha.
— mike freeman (@mikefreemanNFL) November 24, 2016
I call Aretha Franklin the Abe Lincoln of singing the National Anthem cuz she started four score and seven years ago.
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) November 24, 2016
Before Aretha Franklin sang the National Anthem
— shauna (@goldengateblond) November 24, 2016
After Aretha Franklin sang the National Anthem pic.twitter.com/EaMF1CctzB
Aretha Franklin had a longer NFL career than Johnny Manziel.
— The Fake ESPN (@TheFakeESPN) November 24, 2016
Aretha Franklin's national anthem lasted longer than Johnny Manziel's career
— Andre Magaro (@andre_magaro) November 24, 2016
Time of possession battle is crucial. pic.twitter.com/EZVC53fVeD
— NFLonCBS (@NFLonCBS) November 24, 2016
Bro I got married and had a child and Aretha Franklin still isn't done
— netflix & just chill (@JustChillin247) November 24, 2016
This article appears in Nov 24 – Dec 1, 2016.