To coincide with one of the world’s largest comedy festivals, the Edinburgh Fringe, and as a salute to #ScottishTwitter conversations, Twitter is opening an immersive visitor centre on the doorstep of Edinburgh’s famous Royal Mile.
A first of its kind, the centre will celebrate the breadth of Scottish Twitter and will feature a stained glass window adorned by national treasure Lewis Capaldi, evocative Tweets reimagined as oil paintings and cross stitch, and a timeline celebrating the greatest #ScottishTwitter moments on the platform such as Hurricane Bawbag.
As with any local visitor attraction, there is even a gift shop offering unique merchandise such as tote bags featuring @nicolabairdd_x pondering that she “Canny believe how expensive being alive is”. The campaign is part of Twitter’s ongoing commitment to celebrate the diversity of its conversations across the UK, with an advertising campaign running alongside the centre showcasing important questions such as @lauryndoe asking “Does anyone else only get out eh bed in multiples of 0 or 5, like it gets to 07:21 n am like nah av missed it al get up at 07:25 or am a mad”
“There were genuine LOLs in the office as we delved into the #ScottishTwitter conversations - we’re so proud to open the Visitor Centre as a celebration of the insightful, frank, and even philosophical humour of #ScottishTwitter” - Dara Nasr, UK MD at Twitter UK commented.
Twitter is also revealing Scotland’s funniest Tweet, as decided by a panel of comedians appearing at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. Featuring comedy talent including Fern Brady, Mark Nelson, Janey Godley and Ray Bradshaw the panel will pick Scotland’s Funniest Tweet from a shortlist of Tweets, carefully curated by the Twitter team. The winner of Scotland’s Funniest Tweet will receive their own wall of honour within the centre and, of course, a gold trophy in the form of the iconic Twitter bird.
Visit Scottish Twitter can be be found at 21 Blackfrairs Street, Edinburgh EH1 1NB and is open from the 21st to the 25th of August from 1000 - 2000 each day.
Shortlisted Scotland’s funniest tweets include the following:
Canny believe how expensive being alive is
@Nicolebairdd_X
https://twitter.com/Nicolebairdd_X/status/963896622294949888
A twirls just a flake wae a jacket oan
@Paul_Glancy
https://twitter.com/paul_glancy/status/725364390996918273
Dreadin the day someone gets down on one knee and asks me to marry them cos a have a hefty double chin when a look down
@TeiganMair
https://twitter.com/TeiganMair/status/832690157442588672
Absolutely mortified in work asked this boy n girl if they were together as in lit together in the queue and he's lit "aw we're kinda together but it's not official or anythin" that's no wit a meant Hun
@aimeemccollxx
https://twitter.com/aimeemccollxx/status/961298777570250752
Fucking class having a shower at your girlfriends. Using stuff like a charcoal facial scrub and a pomegranate & mango shower milk, I’ve came out the shower smelling like a fresh fruit market on a hot summers day, feeling like a brand new woman. 13/10 would recommend.
@LiamFlannigan1
https://twitter.com/LiamFlannigan1/status/1009547819865210881
Mental that yer nipples are older than yer teeth
@DannyGilmartin1
https://twitter.com/DannyGilmartin1/status/1146889549576134658
shittest burns kit ever there’s no even any haggis in it (pictured)
@jadeas93
https://twitter.com/jadeas93/status/1088054955926261761
wis walkin home n someone threw a block of cheese oot their windee n it hit me on the head, i turned n shouted that wisna very mature wis it
@marcsimps0n
https://twitter.com/marcsimps0n/status/91341493262397440
