Ricky Gervais told his fans to #TextLikeBrent and the results are hilarious

Most people try to avoid sounding like David Brent, the cripplingly, catastrophically awkward boss from The Office. But that’s exactly what Ricky Gervais has asked his fans to do.

#TextLikeBrent Text a David Brent quote to your mum or friend and screenshot the reply for a laugh. pic.twitter.com/5bBFNPH6N3

— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) February 14, 2016

Gervais does this sometimes when he’s bored. The results, as you can imagine, are hilarious.

#TextLikeBrent pic.twitter.com/vA80mkGm7d

— daniel o’regan (@daniel_oregan) February 14, 2016

@DavidBrentMusic #TextLikeBrent pic.twitter.com/lRvqgQDyx3

— Fran Nicol (@PanxaUrra) October 23, 2015

Sometimes they’re inspiring.

@rickygervais #TweetLikeBrent pic.twitter.com/GZ32AnVH5P

— Adie Pearson (@MrPea13) February 14, 2016

Sometimes they’re romantic.

.@rickygervais Beautiful poetry wasted on Valentine's Day… #textlikebrent pic.twitter.com/GHrMpj7APK

— Lee (@LMWalker88) February 14, 2016

Sometimes it gets a bit dangerous.

Just tried to #textlikebrent to a deliberate wrong number but they've text me back calling me a dickhead and keep trying to call me.

— Gregor ???? (@GregorSwanson) November 4, 2015

And sometimes they’re in Spanish.

@rickygervais #textlikebrent #spanish version! pic.twitter.com/7Hrf8MZSyl

— Pedro J. Poveda (@Pedro_Poveda) February 14, 2016

Join in! After all, we can’t all be David Brent, but we can all #textlikebrent.