I read this article from the NYT's T magazine, recently, and one part of the article in particular, I found funny.
From Ben Widdicombe's 'Poparazzi: The Fabulous Lives of Others':
http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/poparazzi-the-fabulous-lives-of-others/
More recently, Twitter has given us HumbleBrag, an account dedicated to re-tweeting the false modesty of others. Like Eli Roth, the shlock-horror “Hostel” director and “Inglourious Basterds” actor, who tweeted on March 1: “Had a nice lunch w @psavone, and was joined by several paparazzi & a @TMZ camera. Glad my eating salad is still major news. #welcomehome”
Another HumbleBrag favorite is the talk-show host Piers Morgan, who recently took over from Larry King on CNN. His style is insincere self-deprecation, an odd mix of qualities that recalls an earlier Anglo-American ego, Winston Churchill.
Here is Mr. Morgan on attending a Los Angeles Lakers basketball game one night in February, as re-tweeted by HumbleBrag:
“Am courtside but worried Jay-Z and P Diddy have marginally better seats #goingtofireagent”
“Just waved @AmirKingKhan – he was happy. Think that’s because he’s going to thump me out of my courtside seat later.”
“Camera just zoomed onto my head, I got announced, and nobody booed. To be fair, nobody cheered much either. But small acorns etc”
(Mr. Morgan seems to have hit his character limit before managing to get the words “courtside seat” into that last tweet.)
I checked out the twitter account, and I didn't find the actual tweets to be as funny as Widdicombe's reactions to the tweets. Maybe you do though!
