So as a big Office fan (UK first, but the US has really come to be its own impressively funny show) I present to you, the Top 20 tweets that warrant a “That’s What She Said” response, as found on Twitter. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept… why not watch this video first.
More importantly, I’m a Twitter enthusiast. I enjoy the conversations created with it, the people I’ve met through it, and I love the community that thrives around it. But one of the things I really love about Twitter, is that it’s a seemingly constant stream of irrelevant nonsequitters (as opposed to those awkwardly relevant nonsequitters…). Getting bits and pieces of conversations on Twitter is actually just as fun as reading the whole thing. And to take advantage of people’s disjointedness on the 140 character forum, I created this list.
Quick disclaimer: I did zero background checks on these tweets. The people listed here might have actually meant some of these to be dirty, might not be very funny, and some might not want to be up here. If not- let me know and I’ll find someone equally funny that can laugh at themselves. Also, this is my first relatively inappropriate post… so hopefully it’s worth the laugh.
Last preface: it should be noted that the amount of time this took due to the incessant Bloaty the Fail-Whale showing up unexpectedly… let’s just say that I’m glad Bezos is throwing cash at Twitter. So let’s call this a celebratory post for those little birdies to lift that fat jerk to safety.
Wait… it’s a whale… shouldn’t he stay in the water? Those damn birds are trying to kill it! Hasn’t anyone informed Twitter of this!?
Ok never mind. Let’s just dive into the list of the best “that’s what she said” quotes:
- @ GorgeousNerd: “The Incredible Hulk satisfied my explosion quota for the week. BOOM.“
- @OHSNAPiTSEG: “LOL look at the size of this thing!“
- @socialmedium: “tweeting all day makes you a little loopy“
- @arleigh: “I think someone is sneaking toys in the back door every time I take a full trash bag out to the car.“
- @brendalogy: “Voice is coming back, slowly and surely. But still feels like a mighty tennis ball stuck in there.“
- @Humanoide: “The rides are fun, but we’re all wet… Just finished lunch, going back for more thrills!“
- @da7ve: “taking a good beating every so often only makes you stronger.“
- @honeybyfire: “I am playing with balls of all shapes and sizes lol“
- @machineplay: “ouch. :( that’s so hard.“
- @jstichweh: “Are you going to ride it all night long“
- @matholemu: “calendar coordinating is rough, but it gets me excited to see what’s coming up!“
- @JohnPierre: “huge! way too big. goona switch to trackball“
- @NickCaiello: “English peeps if you need a ride call me“
- @mario85: “What is aTrojan Horse Back Door, and how did I get 4?“
- @tricias: “I would have a play with this but there is no time tonight.“
- @thecolor: “says I’m sooo bad. I’ve not plurked since this morning.“
- @mashable: “Twit in an elevator. Twitting it up while I’m going’ down.“
- Update: Redacted upon request - SORRY!
- @MarlanB: “I love getting tweets from the mars probe. It’s like a mini-Discovery Channel.“
- @AllieM: “i just googled myself…it’s so fun…ok now going to bed…night C:“
If you enjoyed these as much as I did- why not follow me. I’m @znh on Twitter and will likely have my own embarrassingly out of context quotes at some point too.
More importantly: let me know of better ones! What have I missed?
June 26th, 2008 at 8:14 am
LOL - great post, Zach! I’ll be on the look out for more fabulous “TWSS” moments. :)
June 26th, 2008 at 8:25 am
OMG. I really, really needed this. Thanks for this, Zach. I pretty much just made a scene in my office from laughing so hard.
June 26th, 2008 at 8:26 am
Haha this is excellent, Zach! Thanks for the smile this morning. And I am totally with you on the Twitter whale - those birds are homicidal maniacs! I know that @failwhale is a new phenom on Twitter, but I think someone should create a @KillerBirds avatar, or something along those lines…just saying. :)
[[ @meredithk1981 ]]
June 26th, 2008 at 8:40 am
@everyone
Thanks! I seldomly do research based posts because they take effort and time… but this topic was just too much fun to half-ass. Glad you’ve enjoyed them!
Hovering the links explains a few of the jokes… or makes them more confusing- depending on how you look at it.
Also- I’m really glad that the first three comments this received are from women… I was a possibly little worried about that…
June 26th, 2008 at 8:53 am
This post was longer than I expected.
But I totally laughed at all the short tweets.
And then I thought, I need to see more of @znh, he’s the full package.
June 26th, 2008 at 9:52 am
@john (or should I say @jljohansen)
I see what you’re doing there and I so desperately want to fall into the trap.
But I’m not gonna go down that easy! . . .
June 26th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Great post, Zach. Twitter is such a great source of all types of info. Sometimes, getting the TWSS out of a otherwise serious tweet is just what we need!
July 5th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Haha! Very funny list and comments. I’m the author of #6 and I can assure you my thoughts were pure at the time. We were at an amusement park and it rained for a while… Of course now it all sounds dirty! >:-)
July 7th, 2008 at 9:17 am
@Sylvia-
YES! SO glad you found this. I was hoping that’d happen with at least one of these (and hopefully not because someone was upset about it…)
Thanks for visiting!