1. @JohnLewis
The most recent victim of having a famous twitter handle is John Lewis, the IT Professor from Blacksburg, Virginia. His namesake, retail giants John Lewis, launched their record £7 million Christmas advert on Saturday, causing a full-blown Twitter melt down from those witnessing this apparently monumental event (seriously?!) Given how high profile the launch was, you can only imagine the number of notifications this unwitting American professor would have endured in the hours and days that followed. But in true Christmas spirit, Professor Lewis not only kept his cool, he was so kind as to inform them of their mistakes. And it wasn't just WhatCulture that noted his efforts:
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