Monday, March 31, 2025

December 4, 2017

You Need To Check Out @emmaturd, The Hilarious Twitter Account That Mocked Bitcoin, Bishops And The iPhone X

You might not recognise the name, but chances are you've seen that 'list of things people need to tell you about' screenshot. Let's take a closer look at that account.

Maybe you’re on Twitter, or maybe you aren’t, but chances are you still saw the beaut that @emmaturd tweeted out last week.

You know, the one that took the piss out of everyone’s favourite Cape Town braai topics – CrossFit, Bitcoin, Vegan, Bishops and the iPhone X.

For posterity, here’s the original tweet:

It might only have the 1000 or so retweets, but that’s because this image below was spread far and wide over WhatsApp.

Our guesstimate says it’s one of WhatsApp’s most widely shared local memes for 2017, judging by how many times we have seen it crop up:

It even featured in Seth’s cracker of an iPhone X review – HERE – which is fair, considering that he also owns Bitcoin and went to Bishops.

The account is no one hit wonder, though, because if you scroll back in time you’ll find a number of gems.

Let’s enjoy:

The joke in that last one, in case your brain is still warming up this fine Monday, is that Emma is also a parody account.

Add this one to the Lion’s Head account (HERE) and the Atul Gupta account (HERE) and you have a handy little threesome.

Emma, whoever you are, we salute you.