If you frequent Twitter, you’ll know that threads are helluva popular right now.

They come in all shapes and sizes, with many of them taking a political bent.

Sometimes, though, you find one that just makes you chuckle, and as far as I know this is the only thread to rack up close to 6 000 retweets that features Inspector Gadget himself.

You will find the original tweet here, but we will spell it out for you below:

A few years ago a friend of mine took his family out to Montauk on vacation and had stopped at a little store to get snacks, etc, and who do they see but that Star of Stage and Screen, Matthew Broderick…

…also in the store with a friend. So my friend politely asks Broderick if he will take a photo with his daughter. Broderick galliantly obliges, but this is a once in a lifetime photo and he wants it to be just right…

…so he asks Broderick’s friend to kind of move to the side a bit out of frame, and he moves a bit. And my friend says, just a little more, a little more, keeps doing the nudging motion with his hand. Lots of nudging. Okay he wont move any farther, fine, we can crop him out…

…and they take the picture and go back to the car all big grins to the rest of the family, who all shout in unison WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU??

Why are they shouting? Well, here’s the photo:

Broderick, the daughter, and Broderick’s friend who was repeatedly told to get out of the shot. Oh, who might that friend be?

Just Jerry Seinfeld, who wipes the floor with Broderick when it comes to being recognisable the world over.

You can bet Matthew will be bringing this up with Jerry the next time they cross paths, because for once the fame tables have turned.

What, you don’t like the story? Maybe Twitter isn’t for you. Stick to Facebook and silently judging friends who post those photos of them buying a car at the dealership with the ribbon on it.

I don’t get why this is a thing. You spent some money – yay, congrats! Anyway, I’ve said too much.

[source:twitter]