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#FollowFriday: Charlotte’s parody Twitter accounts

By Corey Inscoe
Mayor Dan Clodfelter addressed members of the city council at his state of the city speech. He will reflected on the City Charlotte's accomplishments and outline his vision for the future.
Mayor Dan Clodfelter addressed members of the city council at his state of the city speech. He will reflected on the City Charlotte's accomplishments and outline his vision for the future. T. Ortega Gaines ogaines@charlotteobserver.com

I mostly use Twitter as a news source. I follow a ton of writers and publications around the country, in addition to friends and cool local people. But occassionally I need something lighter, a little more fun, to come across my feed. That’s where the parody accounts come in.

This week I reached out to some Twitter-savvy friends and the Twitter brain trust, combined their suggestions with my own and came up with this (definitely-not-comprehensive) list of Charlotte parody Twitter accounts. I divided them up by category.

Accessories

@MayorStache

This account was the inspiration for this post, though it hasn’t been active since December. I keep hoping election season will change that.

@VilmasFlower

Another account that’s been dormant for a little while, but this account centered around Mecklenburg County Commissioner Vilma Leake’s ever-present fashion accessory is too good to leave off.

@MayorPatsHead

OK, so a head isn’t exactly an accessory, but it’s close enough. And at least this account is still active.

Sports

@DrunkSirPurr

Yep. Exactly what it sounds like.

@SavageRiverboat

Panthers coach Ron Rivera has fully embraced the Riverboat nickname, but this parody account is still going strong.

Overheard

@EveryCLTtweet

Right on point most of the time.

@HeardatSelwyn

I love good overheard accounts like this. Scott Lundgren called it the “local version of @GSElevator almost.”

@OVERHEARDatUNCC

Oh, college.

Charlotte adjacent

Theses aren’t exactly Charlotte-centric, but still pretty funny.

@ElevatorQueen

@GovBevPerdue

@TheOrangeCone (NASCAR)

Any we missed? Tweet @Charlotte_Five.

Thanks to @itybtykty, @ScotteLundgren, @LibbyWeihsmann, @JMcFaddenObsGov, @katieperalta, @katietoussaint, @kathleenpurvis, @mikepersinger, @ESPortillo and @cm_portillo for the help.

Photo: T. Ortega Gaines/Charlotte Observer

Corey Inscoe is editor of CharlotteFive and wishes his Twitter jokes were funnier. Oh well. Follow him anyway @CoreyInscoe.

This story was originally published September 3, 2015 at 11:25 PM with the headline "#FollowFriday: Charlotte’s parody Twitter accounts."

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