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"It's not a new account and its offbeat humor may not appeal to all, but the @Hey_ChrisBosh Twitter profile will definitely have some basketball fans doubled up in giggles. If only people had a way of discovering it. \n\"Sted Mankowski\" (not the tweeter's actual, real-life name) has a simple mission: to get Chris Bosh to reply to one of his tweets. So far \u2014 and Sted's tried more than 1,700 times over the past two years \u2014 it hasn't worked. But no matter. The quest presses on. \n@Hey_ChrisBosh's questions to and mentions of Bosh are comical in their everyday mundaneness and casual bro'd out tone. Take a few recent examples:\n\nHey @chrisbosh, wait, are crossbows covered under the 2nd Amendment or no? #NBA\n\u2014 Sted Mankowski (@Hey_ChrisBosh) December 11, 2012\n\n\nHey @chrisbosh, I don't believe in ghosts per se. #NBA\n\u2014 Sted Mankowski (@Hey_ChrisBosh) December 10, 2012\n\n\nHey @chrisbosh, wanna day drink? #NBA\n\u2014 Sted Mankowski (@Hey_ChrisBosh) December 8, 2012\n\nThey all repeat that same format, each one beginning \"Hey @ChrisBosh,\" over and over and over again. That devotion to never breaking character, however, has hindered Sted's ability to promote the account. \nBut why Bosh? In an email to Mashable, Sted refused to reveal his true identity but offered this elucidation: \"I dare you to think of a person who is more random. There's something so random about it. I have had people tell me they can't watch Heat highlights without laughing.\"\nTo be fair, Bosh \u2014 bless his heart and considerable basketball skills \u2014 is a pretty random dude. He's gained a special place in NBA fans' hearts by making faces like this while on the bench in street clothes: \n\n\nAnd faces like this while playing on the court: \n\n\nAnd also for celebrating his Miami Heat's 2012 NBA title with a bottle of champagne like this: \n\nSo, here's a champagne toast to you, \"Sted Mankowski.\" Thanks for the laughs. \nBONUS GALLERY: Twitter's Funniest Sports Parody Accounts\n\n\n15 Hilarious Sports Parody Twitter Accounts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. @NotBillWalton\n\nNBA legend and hardcore Grateful Dead fan, Bill Walton is known for his sometimes curious verbiage and his philosophical take on the game of basketball. This account takes full advantage.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. @TheFakeESPN\n\nThis account serves as a bizarro version of the Worldwide Leader in Sports, and has some 175,000 followers as a testament to its humor.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. @RogerGoodell\n\nNFL commissioner Roger Goodell is a pretty serious fellow, but what if he told us how he really feels?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. @_Happy_Gilmore\n\nWait, that Adam Sandler movie was fiction, right?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. @fakegrantland\n\nThe smart and oh-so-hip website Grantland provides loads of great sports writing, but can sometimes take itself a wee bit seriously. This account pokes fun with fake stories and headlines.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. @CoachQsMustache\n\nJoel Quenneville, coach of the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks, sports a formidable bristly 'stache. Follow its trials and tribulations here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. @PeytonsHead\n\nThis account pays homage to quarterback Peyton Manning's nugget, and provides commentary on happenings around the sports world.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. @Fake_Prokhorov\n\nNew Jersey Nets owner and Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov could give that Dos Equis guy a run for his money as the Most Interesting Man in the World. So he's a natural for a fake Twitter account.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. @FauxJohnMadden\n\nLegendary NFL coach and analyst John Madden -- straight, no chaser and with a twist of the ridiculous.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. @FakeCoachPop\n\nSan Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is known to be a cool, but fairly reserved dude. He'd probably be great on Twitter, but for now, this fake account will have to do.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11. @PretendLouHoltz\n\nFormer Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz can be pretty tough to understand as a sportscaster, due to his excitable nature and less-than-stellar enunciation. This account hasn't tweeted in couple months, but will hopefully get going again when football season comes around.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12. @EmoChrisBosh\n\nFair or not, Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh is frequently maligned for timid play and a lack of mental toughness. This account plays off his perceived \"emo\" nature.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13. @RexRyan\n\nVerbose New York Jets coach Rex Ryan is not (yet) on Twitter. Until he joins, this will have to do.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14. @OldHossRadbourn\n\nCharles \"Old Hoss\" Radbourn was a baseball pitcher in the 1800s. What if his ghost had a Twitter account?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15. @FakeFredWilpon\n\nNew York Mets owner Fred Wilpon is a high-profile figure, in part for being a victim of Bernard Madoff's financial scam. Keep up with him in (fake) real-time here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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