TORONTO

TTC chair Josh Colle doesn’t appear to be a fan of Twitter.

Colle was asked about a tweet from Toronto Hydro disputing the TTC’s original claim that Monday morning’s subway problem was due to flooding in a hydro substation.

“I try to stay as far away from Twitter as possible,” Colle said. “That’s just inside baseball. Real people want real solutions.”

Asked why he hates Twitter so much, Colle — who does have his own Twitter account, @JoshColle — shrugged.

“Real people aren’t on Twitter, c’mon,” Colle joked.

“I always have to get my Twitter slam in there.

“Every time I make that Twitter comment someone on Twitter gets all bent out of shape.”

As predicted, the remark — which reporters posted on Twitter — quickly raised the ire of people on the social networking site.

Several users objected to the suggestion they weren’t “real people.”

Councillor Norm Kelly — who often tweets from his Twitter account @norm — fired back at Colle with a picture of Pinocchio.

“I’m a real boy!” read the caption on Kelly’s photo.