Spam Your Followers on Twitter, Be-A-Magpie.Com
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
Seriously, how is this not dreck? Can the folks at Magpie not understand that the minute any of my followers on Twitter spam me with Magpie I will simply unfollow them? Which, on second thoughts, means that I would then have a filtered list of folks to follow who understand that spamming your followers is uncool….
The folks at Magpie may also want to consider the folklore of the winged version, it is not considered a benign bird:
In Britain and Ireland, there are a number of superstitions regarding magpies
A single magpie is associated with bad luck
One should make sure to greet magpies when they are encountered in order to either allay bad luck or encourage good luck as related to the number of birds and therefore their place in the Magpie poem. Common greetings include “Hello Mr Magpie” “How is your wife/where is your wife?”, “Good Morning/Evening Sir” and other marks of respect.
Upon seeing a lone magpie one should repeat the words “I defy thee” seven times.
On seeing a lone magpie one should pinch the person they are walking with, if they are alone they are to pinch themselves.
If a lone Magpie is seen, one should salute it to show you respect it. This formality can be forgone if the Magpie looks directly in your eyes, which shows it respects you
