Puntastic tweets from the guards is setting the tone for this year's Electric Picnic

Our policing folk, officially known as An Garda Siochana, have been getting into the festival mood on social media posting some puntastic tweets to drive home their stay safe reminders.

Fri, 02 Sep, 2016 - 01:00

Roisin Burke

Mixing James Bay lyrics into a safety reminder is pretty savvy stuff.

#ElectricPicnic You're setting off It's time to go, the engine's running .We always knew this day was coming Speed Kills Arrive alive !
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) September 1, 2016

And as if that wasn’t enough they also dropped a few band names into a tweet urging people to remain patient, which is fairly clever.

Electric picnic- Expect delays be patient it wont take years &years. Watch out for super fury animals . info https://t.co/Tdg4p1CMca
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) September 1, 2016

-We wonder how long it took them to think of those tweets!

The guards aren’t the only ones tweeting about Electric Picnic this morning, a few enthusiastic festival goers also posted a few pics to give people an idea of the schtyle expected to be destroyed in the mud in a few short hours.

#ElectricPicnic pic.twitter.com/V0RS4trALA
— Stevie Nixx (@stephenfaherty) September 2, 2016

Tweeting from #ElectricPicnic today🌞 @EPfestival pic.twitter.com/C8OIk7Q9Sk
— Sarah Magliocco (@SarahMagliocco) September 2, 2016

Ready to rock it out @EPfestival @LesterCullen @cocobenjani #ElectricPicnic pic.twitter.com/N6bgI1y6Pm
— Patrick Fox (@2pfox8) September 2, 2016

I was met by queues of trendy hipsters & garden furniture en route to work. Time for #ElectricPicnic 😎💺🎶 pic.twitter.com/Yqdeb48YNT
— Pól Ó Dubháin (@pvd_87) September 2, 2016

Of course not everyone can make it to Stradbally this weekend and for those who are missing out, they had mixed emotions regarding their festival-going friends.

For all of ye lucky ducks getting to #ElectricPicnic my spirit animal will be doing this all weekend🎸@janetmmcgowan pic.twitter.com/2cP20hsNUw
— Bernadette Ferguson (@bfergusonkf) September 2, 2016