The
Best Tweets
of
January
- November
2008
or:
I
collected the tweets below before starting Besttweets.com in December
2008.
They
reflect the early days of Twitter and deserve to
be preserved
on these pages.
 
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Oops | |
 | AuntMarvel Lacking pockets, I put my iPhone in my bra. My boobs had a heyday deleting apps and calling people. 4:51 PM Nov 28th 2008 |
 | vmarinelli Good
news! I found a vodka stash. Bad news! What I mixed it with was,
apparently, part of my daughter's science experiment. 9:06 PM Nov 8th 2008 |
 | ColetteBenoir HE
WAS MARRIED W/KIDS (let me know an hour in) & he wanted me to meet
his wife for a 3some - do i win a prize? worst date ever #badfirstdate 5:41 PM Nov 4th 2008 |
 | Tony_D Bad
news:
catastrophic
hard drive
failure.
Good news:
inbox
zero! Nov 12 2008 |
 |
louisebolotin That's
it. I
need
a new
keyboard.
My J
hardly
ever
works.
Whoever
heard
of a
ournalist?
No, I'm
not oking...
it's
ust not
on 2:36 PM Jan 21st |
 | mattb failed to get up early for the end of the world. will try harder next time, maybe. 11:02 PM Sep 10th 2008 |
 |
Matt
tweeted this the morning of Sept 10 2008,
the date of the start-up of the Large Hadron
Collider which generated Doomsday scenarios
of the destruction of the Earth. The next day, Clay Shirky thinks he may have missed it, too ... |
 | cshirky Hey, did the LHC blow up the world? I've been off Twitter for a while 2:33 AM Sep 11th |
 | gordonshumway It
took 7 hours to transfer 390 albums to my new MacBook. It took 4
seconds to accidentally label ALL OF THEM as the Talking Heads. 11:57 AM Nov 16th 2008 |
 | zeroinfluencer Being driven out of Amsterdam. 11:56 PM Aug 13th |
Getting through the day... | |
| | gordonshumway I hate when restaurants hide the burned pancake in the middle of the stack. NOM NOM NOM EW NOM NOM. 7:42 AM Nov 21st 2008 |
 | ankitkhare What do you mean, my birth certificate expired? 2:50 PM Apr 24th 2008 |
 | mager wine
chocolate scotch pasta salad wine water pepper coke candles knives
pesto frogs debates vinegar mango wine palms zebras and cameras. 6:20 PM Jun 6th 2008 |
 | fireland Sometimes I fantasize about refusing to accept a major award. 4:39 AM Nov 19th |
 | echuckles conceptually, i struggle to fully comprehend why showers get dirty. 3:44 AM May 23rd |
Putdowns | |
 | ithinkdancan @TonyBerkman your fly is down 4:13 PM Sep 20th 2008 |
 |
hotdogsladies Oh,
no. Don't "leave
Twitter." But,
if you
must,
for the
love
of God,
PLEASE
post
a long
explanation.
So our
children
can know
your
story. 6:49 AM Jul 26th, 2008 |
 | ev couple near me at whole foods are discussing Twitter. she thinks it's boring. bitch. 9:46 AM Mar 28th 2008 |
 Twitter founder Evan Williams after overhearing a woman dis his company at a Whole Foods Store. |
|
 | Moltz Apparently
there was a sporting match and one team emerged the victor while other
team was vanquished. Such are the vicissitudes of sport. 5:46 PM Oct 23rd 2008 |
Tweets of wisdom | |
 | MarkClayson Night's
curtain falls and charms my wavering consciousness. 'Tis time to greet
the charm of dreams. Goodnight my friends. 1:24 PM Nov 29th 2008 |
Not bad. Then he realises.....: |
|
| MarkClayson Darn it! Used "charm" twice. 1:24 PM Nov 29th 2008 |
 | kosmar wondering if @form follows @function 9:40 PM May 5th 2008 |
Twitter′s Critters | |
 | shoesonwrong Was
forced to bathe the cats today. They're very angry. This may be my last
transmission. Tell my family they can't have my stuff. 4:03 PM Oct 6th 2008 |
 | globalhermit Forming
a coalition government with my wife to take control of the house back
from my cat. Your reign of terror is over, fishbreath. 3:22 PM Nov 29th 2008 |
| | cshirky My
4 y.o., pointing @ Twitter: "Is that the internet?" My 7 y.o., older
and wiser: "Yes. Everything that isn't a movie is the internet." 3:03 PM Aug 26th 2008 |
 | mcpb Nice lady asks, 'How many years you been livin'?' My guy holds up three fingers-- but inside his mitten. 2:23 AM Oct 22nd |
 | Jamiec Feel bad for eating sushi at my desk in front of my goldfish. 2:24 AM Sep 16th |
 | textism The chaos generated inside my dog’s head whenever I leave the room by one door and return by another could power cities. 5:40 AM Sep 14th |
Tweethearts | |
 | garazi @stefsull - ok. for the rest of the twitter-universe (and this is a first, folks) - WILL YOU MARRY ME? 8:57 PM Mar 2nd 2008 |
 | stefsull @garazi
- OMG - Ummmmm... I guess in front of the whole twitter-verse I'll
say--I'd be happy to spend the rest of my geek life with you 9:01 PM Mar 2nd 2008 |
  Stephanie
Sullivan, who was probably the first woman
to accept a Twitter marriage proposal, at
first thought the microblogging service was "ridiculous." Now
she uses it all the time to stay in touch
with her fiance, Greg Rewis, and says Twitter
is an integral part of their long-distance
relationship. Read their story on wired.com. |
|
 | seanbonner @tarabrown so, um... wanna get hitched? 4:46 PM Oct 10th 2008 |
| Terrence
O'Brien comments: We've seen proposals via search engines, engraved
iPods and even a Dashboad Widget. But nothing could possibly top the
IM-esque Twitter proposal of Sean Bonner to Tara Brown. | |
 | zolora Flirting via text message would be a lot sexier if my texting skills weren't on par with those of a drunk lolcat. 1:59 PM Nov 20th 2008 |
Twits & Tweets | |
 | katrina_ Sometimes,
twitter is that friend you turn to in class when everyone's being a
moron, just to say, "really? Really?!" 7:58 AM Apr 29th 2008 |
 |
popgloss Is
it wrong
that
I secretly
wish
I could
text
in the
tanning
bed?
Twelve
minutes
of doing
nothing
can sometimes
be so
difficult. 5:40 PM Apr 14th, 2008 |
 | ttseco Ever since I started seeing a shrink I feel I really have nothing to worry about. Pterodactylwise. 7:24 PM Nov 27th 2008 |
Breaking News | |
 |
BarackObama We just made history. All of this happened because you gave your time, talent and passion. All of this happened because of you. Thanks 9:34 AM Nov 5th, 2008 |
 |
MarsPhoenix Are
you ready
to celebrate?
Well,
get ready:
We have
ICE!!!!!
Yes,
ICE,
*WATER
ICE*
on Mars!
w00t!!!
Best
day ever!! 5:14 PM Jun 19th, 2008 |
 | jamesbuck Arrested 6:33 AM Apr 10th 2008 |
When
a Berkeley grad student was jailed in Egypt for taking photos of a
demonstration, he sent this one-word tweet. Some of his 48 Twitter
followers (Egyptian bloggers and American friends) called the college,
the US Embassy and the international press, and he was released the
next day from the Mahalla jail after the college hired a lawyer for
him. As he left the station Buck reached into his pocket and sent this
message: |
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Tweaks & Tweets | |
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Politics | |
 | greggscott In
Florida Cindy McCain & Rudy Giuliani campaigned door-to-door! I'd
tell them how frightening their outfits were and give them some candy. 5:44 AM Oct 27th 2008 |
 | nick Highlight of visiting home: hearing people bitch about Obama. Tip, guys: the eight years don't go by fast. 4:12 AM Nov 27th |
| The Twitterverse | |
 | hoosiergirl I'm
not one of these moms whose kid watches TV so she can get stuff done. I
let my kid watch TV so I can nap, Twitter & eat all the nachos. 6:02 AM Nov 22nd |
| | nick Ever get high, keep reloading Twitter, and say "Damn, this chat room's slow"? 8:55 AM Nov 24th
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Best avatars |
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| | nick Crafting the perfect avatar. How do I convey "I'm acknowledging you out of pity" in 150x150 pixels? 10:36 PM Nov 7th 2008 |
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