Hundreds post nude photos of themselves stripped off while working after Belarus president’s slip of the tongue goes viral
Employees shared videos of themselves singing in tribute to the faux pas and photos of them posing naked with various items
DOZENS of people in Belarus are posting pictures and videos of themselves naked and scantily-clad at work after their president suffered an unfortunate slip of the tongue.
Alexander Lukashenko, 61, mixed up his words during a speech on new technology.
He said: "Innovations, IT-technologies, privatisation - it is all clear. We've conquered all of them. But everything is very simply, one should get undressed and work."
Employees shared videos of themselves singing in tribute to the faux pas, created a raunchy flashmob event on social media and posed naked with various items to protect their modesty.
The president wanted to tell people to "develop themselves", but the phrase sounds fiendishly similar to "get undressed" in Russian.
It instantly went viral on local internet forums and sparked a titillating trend across the country.
A female assistant in an electronics store posted a picture of herself with only a keyboard protecting her modesty.
A joiner uploaded an alarming picture of himself working in the nude with a circular saw in front of his groin.
Other racy images included a bikini-clad brunette chopping wood with an axe, a rock band posing naked with their instruments, and a young woman gardening in just shorts.
Tattoo artists, radio hosts, journalists and even construction workers were soon stripping off at work in solidarity.
All of the participants posted their photos with the hashtag #getnakedandgotowork, where they instantly went viral.
One person on social media wrote: "Hahaha, love these pics!", while another added: "I love the power of words over swords any day."
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