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Go head hunting in a bizarre meme called #celebrityhousehats

In what's probably the most random of memes, a hashtag on Twitter is challenging the Internet to forge celebrity heads with houses.
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In what's probably the most random of memes, a hashtag on Twitter is challenging the Internet to forge celebrity heads with houses. 

It's called #celebrityhousehats and we have no idea why it started, so let's walk together to find out what on Earth it's all about.

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Take this photo posted by what appears to be the originator of the hashtag, David Cunningham, on Thursday afternoon. 

It's Australian television legend Bert Newton with a yurt on his head. Yurt Newton.

Since then, it's inspired a raft of celebrities with houses on their head. The people of the Internet have either lost the plot or have a lot of time on their hands and an adept knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and/or MS Paint.

Here are a few of our favourites so far:












So that's how you go viral, folks, put some houses on people's heads. For all the housing action, you can check out the hashtag #celebrityhousehats on Twitter. Go on, you deserve it.

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Johnny Lieu

Mashable Australia's Web Culture Reporter.Reach out to me on Twitter at @Johnny_Lieu or via email at jlieu [at] mashable.com

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