Myrna Tellingheusen is the name of the internet’s most loved grandma ever. Because the grey-haired lady has been making her 137.3K followers on Twitter chuckle every day since 2015. And she's nowhere near ready to stop.
Her satirical pearls, insightful wisdom bites, and humorous puns have been perfectly capturing the stereotypes old folk face on a daily basis. From “loving the sound of a good vacuum seal” to wishing she could “offer a refreshing slice of my delicious gelatin fruit loaf to all the firefighters,” Myrna is definitely one of the most likable, yet absurdly funny virtual personas out there.
"My story is long and fascinating. However, the short version of this story is I want to make social media fun," the grandma previously told Bored Panda, so the stage is yours, Myrna. Oh, and after you're done, don't forget to check out more of Myrna's wit on our part 1 and part 2.
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Bored Panda reached out to the internet’s most loved grandma Myrna to find out how her life has been so far. Myrna said that after a rewarding career as an executive assistant at Hughes Aircraft company, she decided to bring her organizational skills to her neighborhood of Vaca Muerta Estates, a retirement community just north of San Diego, California. Today, Myrna is a chair at the First Presbyterian Church, “where she also serves as a member of the Handbell Choir.”
Some of her followers want to believe the old lady behind all the life advice is real, while others think she's nothing more than a fictional character. The truth remains largely a mystery, but it’s obvious that whoever the grandma is, it doesn’t make her internet presence any less real and funny.
Myrna said that she receives her inspiration and strength from the Holy Bible. “You will find no greater book that gives purpose and meaning when life sometimes seems hopeless.”
She also considers herself a student of life, since “through careful observation from my binoculars, I gauge what’s happening around my neighborhood, whether its potholes in the Cheesecake Factory parking lot, Doris throwing beer cans on my yard, or Carol substituting Cool Whip for heavy cream with Cool Whip.”
The grandma is convinced that she knows all the answers to many of society’s problems, and she’d help everyone “if people would only heed my advice.”
Myrna also confessed that she wishes she could tweet thousands of times a day, “but casseroles don't make themselves.”
When it comes to building her viral Twitter account, Myrna said that it all started when her nephew Lyle “downshifted The Twitter onto my computer to distract me from writing tersely worded letters to our newspaper's editor.” As time passed, Myrna realized that she “no longer needs to be invited to dinner parties to rearrange people’s furniture.”
“I can still provide my sage, no-nonsense advice to people who are clamoring for a sense of decorum in a stressful world.” But while grandma has a huge audience following her every tweet, she is sure to remain “true to myself in every sense of the word.”
I was thinking that just the other day. We have government quarantine facilities to get returning citizens and residents into the country but keep their rona out. I wish I could put all the gross pro-Tr*mp trolls from the NZ Herald comments section into a managed isolation facility until their bad personalities go away.
That’s too much bacon. Said no one Ever In the history of mankind
Nothing is as good as gravy and mashed potatoes. Hot, melt in your mouth goodness.
They've had everybody from their president down saying it's no big deal.
Load More Replies...I live in Michigan and this kind of scares me. My town is a tourist town and the tourists were the ones who never wore masks.
How's the death rate? So....any job openings?
Load More Replies...The number of corona virus cases in college towns has been rising lately. In the one near me the students have been refusing to give up that college party life.
I would like to see the statistics on who attended and how many ended up testing positive for COVID-19—in addition to the expected stats on STDs and unplanned pregnancies.
I had to go for a Covid test yesterday. After what I have seen I am now calling these and people who shout fake and refuse to wear a mask Baby Killers. I'm still crying and can't stop
This is NOT "young people". This is THIS PARTICULAR GROUP of young people. We're supposed to respect our elders, arbitrarily, and, what, they're supposed to arbitrarily hate youth?? Grow up!
It’s almost a prerequisite to be young and stupid . And they pass it onto their children.
Any elder relative who holds me to ransom with a will can go and fu*k themselves. And if you think that's cool, you can go fu*k youself too, Myrna. You control freak b***h!
No need for all that trouble... they are writing themselves out of everything... except maybe history books.
Well, no, because Covid rarely kills young people.
Load More Replies...Who peed in your cornflakes this morning? Every comment I've seen of you today has been...well the downvotes speak for themselves don't they?
Load More Replies...So this is the place where some politicians found their coronovirus strategy!
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People, like it clearly states in the intro, it’s SATIRE. It’s not meant to be taken seriously.
Some people in the comments seem to be taking this joke account both seriously and deeply personally.
Same people who don't wear masks and are anti vaccinations!
Load More Replies...It's saddening to see how many people took those tweets seriously.
Love it just some of the comments I see another protest on the horizon
People, like it clearly states in the intro, it’s SATIRE. It’s not meant to be taken seriously.
Some people in the comments seem to be taking this joke account both seriously and deeply personally.
Same people who don't wear masks and are anti vaccinations!
Load More Replies...It's saddening to see how many people took those tweets seriously.
Love it just some of the comments I see another protest on the horizon