'Burlington Coat Fact' Is the Parody Twitter Account You've Always Wanted

By Todd Wasserman2013-09-19 17:00:58 UTC

In the vein of Condescending Corporate Brand Page, someone has created a fake Burlington Coat Factory Twitter account that provides trenchant satire about social media marketing.

The @BurlCoatFactory account, which had around 5,000 followers at this writing, could pass for a real corporate Twitter account — in fact, Burlington Coat Factory mistakenly linked to the account from its website recently. A closer read reveals that many of the tweets are nonsensical and absurd. Here are a few of the greatest hits:

Yes it is halfway to the week but since when. #coats

— Burlington Coat Fact (@BurlCoatFactory) September 18, 2013

The cat said stop in today and purrrrrchase a #coat

— Burlington Coat Fact (@BurlCoatFactory) September 12, 2013

Today we remember many thing
#DontForgetting

— Burlington Coat Fact (@BurlCoatFactory) September 11, 2013

For planning of the weekend what are they? Shopping?? Yes #coats

— Burlington Coat Fact (@BurlCoatFactory) August 16, 2013

Tell us if you have a new coat! Use hashtag #YesIHaveANewCoat to tell us if you have a new coat.

— Burlington Coat Fact (@BurlCoatFactory) August 14, 2013

How is your day, today? Was it yesterday? #coats

— Burlington Coat Fact (@BurlCoatFactory) July 30, 2013

Tell us your favorite parody Twitter account in the comments below.

[via New York Magazine ]

Image: Getty/Tim Boyle

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