This guide to working out your Telegraph columnist name had an unfortunate twist in the tale
It started when a chap called Richard Miller shared this list of genuine Daily Telegraph columnists.
These are all real Telegraph columnists pic.twitter.com/Re4eyvsIdl
— Mr Richard Miller (@MrRichardMiller) March 29, 2019
And it prompted lots of interesting replies like this one.
Clockwise from left: wealthy heiress whose dad died in a mysterious pheasant hunting accident, family accountant whose own life is in danger after he gets suspicious, racist uncle who starts drinking too early in the day to have done it, spacey hippy cousin who actually did it.
— CowCUK is a twin (@spagbolshevism) March 29, 2019
But few were quite so clever as this one.
It works, it really works!
Humphrey Marawa-Thermos pic.twitter.com/2LPM1jXG7k
— Benjamin Law (@mrbenjaminlaw) April 2, 2019
But there was a twist in this particular tale.
I have deleted my columnist name tweet after several people asked me to out of concern that the tweet might be prompting people to unwittingly reveal their bank security question answers
— Tania Shew (@tania_shew) March 31, 2019
It was of course not my intention to encourage anyone to reveal secure information online and the answers I gave were not ones that I personally use as security answers
— Tania Shew (@tania_shew) March 31, 2019
I am glad lots of people had fun playing along and don't want to ruin the fun (!!) but I have decided that it is more important to ensure that I am not encouraging anyone to compromise their data
— Tania Shew (@tania_shew) March 31, 2019
So maybe just do it in your head, then.
Your robot name is your credit card number followed by the expiry date followed by the CCV and go….
— Stark Raving Duncan (@SR_Duncan) April 2, 2019
