What the? Water Corp's 'pot' plant watering advice sparks laughs
A tweet by the Water Corporation has had Perth's twittersphere in stitches after advice on how to watering plants included an image of a special kind of 'pot' plant.
The tweet, sent out on Wednesday morning, was live for about 20 hours and wished everybody a "Happy #WaterAFlowerDay".
Among the several benefits of owning (pot) plants the tweet listed the "fantastic smell" and plants' ability to "brighten your day".
Attached was a photo of Sesame Street's Ernie, watering what's clearly a cannabis plant.
A Water Corp spokeswoman said the tweet was an "innocent mistake" by a member of the media team who was unaware what kind of plant Ernie was watering.
"Yesterday we published a message on Twitter about waterwise plants and
inadvertently used a GIF that was not appropriate, it was an innocent mistake and
the tweet has now been deleted. #woops #lessonlearned," she said.
It seems Water Corp is trying to liven up its social media presence by including popular memes and jokes.