Just when you thought Twitter had lost its sense of humour for good, along come a load of ridiculous Les Dennis-inspired fake stories to take the edge off.
Let us explain.
It all started when the comedian and actor called out one Twitter user, ‘Rick’, who claimed he met Les at the Brewers Fayre pub in Warrington, accusing the former Coronation Street star of having a severe case of the don’t-you-know-who-I-ams.
Rick tweeted: “What a disappointment!!!! Refused to have a picture with me and swore at my 2 year old son. #Disappointed.”
But Les wasn’t having any of it, and quickly shut down Rick, accusing him of making the whole thing up.
“No you didn’t. I am at home and have been all day,” he tweeted, adding: “Don’t lie.”
Cue lots of people getting very creative with their tall stories of meeting the showbiz legend resulting in Les trending on Twitter...
And Twitter’s bare-faced lies went down well with the TV star, who was finding it all highly amusing.
“All the I met Les Dennis posts are making me laugh out loud,” he wrote. “You’re all making me see that Twitter can be a great place despite the odd idiot. Thank you all.”
Nice work, Twitter.