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By Nick Douglas
Seeing that its construction in March 2006, Twitter has unleashed a torrent of self-expression from its six million individuals around the globe, who ship and browse each one others′ "tweets," messages as much as a hundred and forty characters in size. neighbors use the location to make plans; kinfolk use it to stick attached; politicians use it to foyer for votes; and humorists use it to ideal their craft. in truth, Twitter clients have reinvented the vintage medium of the witticism in a website the place a person could be a Dorothy Parker or an Oscar Wilde.
Twitter Wit is the 1st compilation of Twitter aphorisms, with submissions starting from quotidian vignettes like "I wager in Sweden the Ikea directions are in English" to bumper sticker-type quips like "I imagine the fowl of affection is the dove. My husband thinks it′s the swallow," and participants starting from celebrities like Shaquille O′Neal, Jimmy Fallon, Penn Jillette, John Cleese, and Steven Fry to commonplace individuals with formerly unappreciated sharp tongues. that includes a foreword by means of Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, this licensed anthology of the thousand such a lot such a lot shrewdpermanent and remarkable "tweets" relates the variety of human adventure in hilarious bite-sized items.
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It stretches from the belly button to the knees and can be stimulated by throwing a shovel at it. erikprice Survivorman just called, he said everyone tweeting about how cold it is can suck it. Then he made warming KY out of fish guts. Gross! mojomaywood Why does a 4-yr-old need a dental checkup? Aren’t those teeth, like, disposable? This is like putting plastic cutlery in the dishwasher. adamisacson I have no intellectual equal. But I will catch up with you all eventually. rstevens When they both laughed at their teacher’s pronunciation of platypus they thought of love.
JamesUrbaniak Right now I look like the million bucks you invested in the stock market. igotyourcrazy The guy who invented those small touch screens on planes will experience hell as being poked in the back of the head repeatedly by pixies. zefrank If Great Wits Used Twitter Twitter wit is just the latest incarnation of the timeless tradition of witty one-liners. The sharp-tongued writers of the past would have made perfect Twitter users. Please accept my resignation. I don’t want to belong to any Facebook group that will accept me as a member.
I might have just mortgaged my wife for a free BlackBerry. toddadamson Was “Tom & Jerry Kids” really necessary? Was the original’s dry, too-academic humor flying over anyone’s head? nevenmrgan I appreciate that modern medicine gives us the option of penicillin instead of sending the boy to the seaside and burning all of his toys. cjereneta Found birth control pills and ten dollars in my dog’s bed. Makes me wonder if he’s running a small prostitution ring. kellyjay7 When people pick their “5 people living or dead to have dinner with,” don’t they worry they’ll be the most boring person at the meal?