Twitter Reacts to Chelsea's Open-Top Bus Victory Parade

The prospect of a Chelsea victory parade has been a near certainty since around January, but on Bank Holiday Monday, the day finally came for the Blues to celebrate their 2014-15 season:

Before taking the leisurely sojourn down King's Road, Chelsea's official Twitter account kicked off the "bantz" with a self-reflexive "park the bus" joke, before peppering their feed with some parade highlights:

The greatest moment of the parade, however, was Jose Mourinho's audition for The X Factor:

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It's a no from me. http://t.co/p0KWfL2NNV

— Not Match of the Day (@NOT_MOTD) May 25, 2015"

As the occasion progressed, plenty of humorous tweets at Chelsea's expense surfaced:

Despite the celebrations taking place on a national holiday, the turnout in certain areas of the parade route was a little thin:

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Not sure if Chelsea's victory parade or a school field trip... pic.twitter.com/Lzly2Cypes

— Football Funnys (@FootballFunnys) May 25, 2015"

Depending on which tweets you read, Chelsea either had half of London out supporting them, or they were utterly humbled by Arsenal's FA Cup exploits last year:

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Arsenal had 70,000 fans at the FA Cup parade. Chelsea has 350,000 lol. pic.twitter.com/Gfvu9MaSoD

— #ChampionsDaily (@CarefreeDaily) May 25, 2015"

And Liverpool fans couldn't help but wade in:

Regardless of how many thousands did or did not attend, the parade exposed one of the minor foibles of Chelsea's fanbase: a love of celery:

Diego Costa seemed particularly keen to indulge in the celery festivities, although he appeared to be trying to impale his adoring fans:

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Meanwhile on Chelsea's open top bus parade today, Costa is assaulting the Chelsea fans with vegetables pic.twitter.com/Xksna4r8a9

— Coral (@Coral) May 25, 2015"

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Diego Costa getting off the bus after an afternoon of intense celery throwing. pic.twitter.com/32FZvQfs5q

— #ChampionsDaily (@CarefreeDaily) May 25, 2015"

The liberal throwing of celery seemed to confuse a lot of fans:

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Why would you throw celery at each other!? Weirdos.

— Michael Wooly (@WoolyMCFC) May 25, 2015"

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Why celery?

— I S A B E L (@IsabelBallack) May 25, 2015"

Of course, the Blues' predilection for celery relates to a puerile chant that was sung decades before Roman Abramovich brought his riches to west London. However, flying celery wasn't the strangest thing on display during Chelsea's celebrations:

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Just when you think you've seen it all...... #ChelseaParade  pic.twitter.com/Pf0sR214yY

— 50 Shades Of Dave (@FootyBantLAD) May 25, 2015"