All work and no play makes Jackie a dull girl

Remember, it’s social media. By taking a social approach, I have won work direct from Twitter. Perhaps surprisingly, I was recently invited to review and rewrite a website in response to a link I tweeted to an Innocent Drinks’ game for kids!

As well as following various business contacts, I also follow a few genuine celebrities who tweet interesting stuff (you can tell whether they’re verified accounts if there is a tick in a blue circle by their name).

Of course I follow @stephenfry. Doesn’t everybody? Sample tweets:

• Everyone sells their ass here in Cape Town. The no. of times you hear “buy a donkey” That’ll only make sense to Afrikaans speakers, I fear
• @Marina_203 We’ll have to face the fact that it can’t have been me. I believe i’ve never had a “Chicken McNuggett” and fear I never will.
• The nice people @iglooanimations have animated a conversation I had somewhere with someone: dashed if I remember it!

And I follow some spoof accounts that make me smile. Here are some of their typical tweets:

@queen_uk

• Final preparations for Zara’s wedding tomorrow. If Mr Tindall hasn’t had his nose done, the whole thing is off. One can assure you.
• One is delighted that you’ve made such an enormous profit, British Gas. No doubt you’ll be immediately cutting fuel bills?
• Ok people, Gin O’Clock. It’s all downhill to the weekend from here. #ginoclock

@_snape_

• Yes, “Diagon Alley” is a play on the word “Diagonally.” No, you’re not clever for figuring that one out.
• The Greatest Harry Potter Moments all involve Severus Snape. If you disagree, you are wrong.
• #ThingsWeLearnedOnTwitter: Muggle schools don’t do a good enough job of teaching the difference between “your” and “you’re.”

What are your favourite spoof accounts?