ショルツ独首相、眼帯姿に　画像投稿し「ミーム作って」

【フランクフルトＡＦＰ＝時事】ドイツのオラフ・ショルツ首相は４日、ジョギング中に負った傷を保護するための眼帯を着けた写真をＸ（旧ツイッター）に投稿した。インターネットでは同氏を海賊と比較するジョークが飛び交った。（写真は眼帯をしたドイツのオラフ・ショルツ首相。ベルリンの教会で）
　ショルツ氏は週末、ジョギング中に転倒し、軽傷を負った。これにより、複数の予定がキャンセルされた。
　同氏は、右目に黒い眼帯を着けた写真をＸに投稿。眼帯の周辺には擦り傷が見え、皮膚が赤くなっていた。
　「お見舞いをありがとう。見た目ほど重症ではない」とし、「ミームを見るのを楽しみにしている」と付け加えた。
　ショルツ氏を海賊になぞらえたミームはすでに多数投稿されている。漫画の海賊のキャラクターを並べたものや、ショルツ氏に骸骨の飾りの付いた帽子をかぶせ、剣を持たせたものなどさまざまだ。
　同氏のポストには夜までに３万１０００件以上の「いいね」と６０００件以上のコメントが寄せられた。
　ショルツ首相の報道官は、けがはあるものの、体調は良好だとしている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/09/05-16:29）

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday posted a photo of himself wearing an eyepatch after injuring his face while jogging, triggering a flood of pirate jokes online.
Scholz suffered minor injuries after falling while out running at the weekend, forcing him to cancel some appointments.
The chancellor posted a picture on X, formerly known as Twitter, showing him wearing a large black patch over his right eye, with red scrape marks visible around the edge.
Thanks for the well wishes. It looks worse than it is! he wrote under the picture on his official account.
Excited to see the memes, he added.
And there were memes aplenty, many comparing him to a buccaneer.
They ranged from one featuring an eyepatch-wearing cartoon pirate brandishing a cutlass, to others showing a pirate at a ship's wheel, and Scholz wearing a hat with a skull and crossbones on it and holding a sword.
There were also many messages wishing him a speedy recovery, with his tweet racking up over 31,000 likes and more than 6,000 comments by the evening.
Despite the injury, Scholz -- who has been a regular runner for several years -- was in good form, his spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said.
The German Chancellor was seen later Monday, sporting the eyepatch, at an annual reception at a Catholic Church in Berlin.
He also planned to attend his scheduled appointments this week, including a tour of the IAA car show in Munich on Tuesday and a speech in parliament on Wednesday.
He's doing well under the circumstances, Hebestreit told a regular press briefing.
He was in a good mood this morning, although he still looks a little battered.