It’s a tried and tested formula – place characters in situations where they don’t quite fit and it tends to make for hilarious comedy. What’s even funnier though, is when it’s real.
@GhettoHiker is a Twitter account that I discovered last week, which fits the aforementioned formula nicely. I haven’t been able to find out much about its owner, but he goes by the name of Mr. Cody and the bio on the Twitter account says this:
I’m 28. I have a full time job leading urban kids (of all races) on nature hikes. I simply write down shit they say.
What a clever way to document the funniest parts of a job that must be incredibly challenging at times. I spent an hour or so reading it, resulting in much hysterical laughter and many tears (of the laughter variety). This may have been exaggerated by the fact that we haven’t been getting a lot of sleep lately at our house, but I’m hoping you’ll enjoy it as much as I did.
Here’s a taste of the best tweets, but check @GhettoHiker out on Twitter for more.
"Mr. Cody, how often you run into unicorns 'round here?… Or are they more tropical climate creatures?"
— Ghetto Hikes (@GhettoHiker) October 5, 2013
"The earth be like, 'today i feel like makin a river.' That's just motherfuckin' mother nature."
— Ghetto Hikes (@GhettoHiker) May 2, 2013
"Mr. Cody, is we gonna hike to one of them fiscal cliffs? Ya boi ain't a fan of heights."
— Ghetto Hikes (@GhettoHiker) March 26, 2013
"Mr. Cody, I don't trust these woods. Hold the supplies while I go get my glock from the bus. I ain't dyin without puttin up a fight."
— Ghetto Hikes (@GhettoHiker) August 3, 2013
"Ladarius stayed at home, said he done seen the 127 hours movie. He said he needs his arm to hoop."
— Ghetto Hikes (@GhettoHiker) April 3, 2013
"I don't get it… Why does paper beat rock when homework is boring as fuck and the wilderness is tight as shit?"
— Ghetto Hikes (@GhettoHiker) August 8, 2013
"If I has 10 bags of Cheetos and a bear steals three, how many does I have? Trick question, I'da killed that fuckin' bear first."
— Ghetto Hikes (@GhettoHiker) August 10, 2013
"Mr. Cody, instead of singin Koombaya by the fire tonight is it aight if Andre plays his new mixtape? Done got 400 views up on YouTube."
— Ghetto Hikes (@GhettoHiker) March 29, 2013
"Hold up, I'm finna check into this forest on foursquare. Ya boi gone be mayor of some natures!"
— Ghetto Hikes (@GhettoHiker) October 18, 2013
"Yo Mr. Cody, Jake throw his weed on da fire and now I seein' dragons all over da place. We need that skyrim animal control ASAP."
— Ghetto Hikes (@GhettoHiker) August 7, 2013
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