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October 16, 2008

Twittermania

Inspired by Andrew Ferguson's article "Twits on Parade" in the new Weekly Standard, I've begun a limerick (in the spirit of the immortal "A tooter who tooted a flute)":

A twitter who twitted a tweet
Heard his tweet had been deemed indiscreet.

. . . And I'm stuck. Someone want to help out?

(It's interesting, by the way, that articles about Twitter keep bringing up bathroom-related examples of tweets.)

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Comments

Gene

Said he, "I don't care
It's my right to share
with my public where I take my seat!"

Gina Dalfonzo

Nice!!

Jimmy Davis

With his soul now embittered
Tweeted to "tattler twitter"
That "never the twain shall tweet."

That's my best shot, Gina.

Rolley Haggard

One

A twitter who twitted a tweet
Heard his tweet had been deemed indiscreet.
"Indiscretion", he tweeted
"By the masses is greeted,
So join them and fall at my feet."

Two

A twitter who twitted a tweet
Heard his tweet had been deemed indiscreet.
"Make me quit, then, you twit,
With superior wit,
Or else kindly get back in your seat."

Three

But with this one I have to issue an “indiscreet language alert”, because what began as an innocent play on verb tenses to coin a new word actually turned out, ironically, to employ a “word” to which vulgar meaning already attached. My apologies, but I would prefer to try to redeem a word than concede its eternal ignominy.

http://wwwuuwuu.tripod.com/misc/tweet.html

Steve (SBK)

But as a twit who was coarse,
continued to beat his dead-horse,
a rotting carcass he took for prime meat.

Gina Dalfonzo

We have so much talent here!

(Rolley, re: #3, while the idea is noble, I'm afraid some words may be beyond redemption.)

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