Neville Southall was going to give his Twitter account to the adult baby community – our 15 favourite responses
Former Everton and Wales goalkeeper, Neville Southall, has been a surprise hit on Twitter, with more than 145 thousand followers and frequent very successful tweets. One thing he does regularly is to hand over control of his account to campaign groups that need a large platform to raise awareness or funds.
Yesterday, it seemed he’d agreed to hand over his account to this woman.
I will be taking over the wonderful @NevilleSouthall Twitter on 21/08/18 to help give voice to littles and the AB/DL community #ABDLmatters
Contact @ABMummyGrace if you have something to add— Grace Rogers (@ABMummyGrace) August 15, 2018
In case you were wondering, AB/DL stands for Adult Babies/Diaper Lovers, so – to be clear – these are adults who don’t need to wear nappies, but choose to do so. Some Twitter users didn’t think this takeover would be a good idea.
nev this is a bad idea
— hob’s joke device wife (@mama_tuna) August 15, 2018
Nev I’m not so sure this is a great idea. This is not the same as social justice causes.
— Natalie (@Transsomething) August 15, 2018
— Melissa (@Mellenial95) August 15, 2018
He responded to the criticism with a series of explanatory tweets, which he has now deleted.
But he obviously had second thoughts.
Naturally, Twitter thought Christmas had come early, as these 15 comments show.
1.
I just spent five minutes trying to think up a joke along the lines of “tonight I am taking over Neville Southall’s twitter account to raise awareness of [ludicrous community]” but gave up when I realised there is no punchline to beat “grown adults who get off on wearing nappies”
— boodleoops (@boodleoops) August 15, 2018
2.
Tim Berners-Lee, 2009: "The web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past."
Neville Southall, 2018: pic.twitter.com/WbdAcPw0nW
— Matthew Champion (@matthewchampion) August 15, 2018
3.
incredible how twitter just dulls you to the world, I mean if "former everton and Wales goalkeeper neville southall has handed over his twitter account to someone to raise awareness of adults who dress as babies in nappies" doesn't get you then what will
— joe (@mutablejoe) August 15, 2018
4.
[pulls comically large lever on giant contraption labelled “satire machine”, machine rumbles for a moment and then dispenses a print out]
“Jeremy Corbyn laying a wreath for Neville Southall’s account”
— ENDUT! HOCH HECH! (@steamedhamms) August 15, 2018
5.
https://twitter.com/janhopis/status/1029805830328201216
6.
I see some Star Wars fans took over Neville Southall’s Twitter today. pic.twitter.com/TXVlByi5Ta
— John Rain (@MrKenShabby) August 15, 2018
7.
Never have I regretted being blocked by Neville Southall as much as today.
— Kathleen Stock (@Docstockk) August 15, 2018
8.
Fair play to Neville Southall. Allowing a Twitter takeover of your account by an adult baby is quite a rusky strategy.
— Vicarious Dave (@GoldenVision90) August 15, 2018
