View From The Porch: Things I Never Thought I'd Worry About, #16863

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Things I Never Thought I'd Worry About, #16863

I cannot access Twitter. How the heck am I supposed to whine to the world about the boo-boo on my finger in 140 characters or less?
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18 comments:

Michael said...: And.... you've solved the riddle.; 9:30 AM, February 26, 2011
Anonymous said...: Well, if you hadn't been waving that finger at the union protester, she wouldn't have bit it.; 9:44 AM, February 26, 2011
Tango Juliet said...: One of the dainty fingers is injured? OMG!!; 9:45 AM, February 26, 2011
Borepatch said...: Err ... how do you say anything in 140 characters?; 10:00 AM, February 26, 2011
Drang said...: I still don't get Twitter, in either sense.; 10:28 AM, February 26, 2011
Old Grouch said...: A friend of mine has this email sig:
I am not on MySpace. I am not on Facebook. I am not LinkedIn. I do not "Tweet."

Although his luddite image is sort of spoiled because he *DOES* have a Wikipedia entry. Although, as he says, "so do the Amish."; 10:40 AM, February 26, 2011
John Peddie (Toronto) said...: Canaries "tweet".

People write.

AFAIK, Dickens and Shakespeare did not limit themselves to 140 characters.

But then, they actually had something to say.; 10:47 AM, February 26, 2011
Alan J. said...: Sorry about your boo-boo, but that opens up a whole world of possibilities for humor on Twitter, though. The first one that came to my mind was,

"Where is Tam's finger now?"; 11:14 AM, February 26, 2011
Bubblehead Les. said...: Long as it's not the Trigger Finger, don't sweat it. If it IS the Trigger Finger, then you have a perfect opportunity to practice your Disabled Hand Drills. Sounds like a Silver Lining Scenario to me.; 11:17 AM, February 26, 2011
Tam said...: Borepatch & John Peddie:

"AFAIK, Dickens and Shakespeare did not limit themselves to 140 characters."

Sometimes brevity
Really is the soul of wit
A whole new art form.; 11:27 AM, February 26, 2011
Weer'd Beard said...: Livejournal! ; ]; 11:37 AM, February 26, 2011
Tam said...: Weer'd,

I'm not emo enough for LJ, and never did MySpace because I don't have a band...

I also don't "chat" because I'm slow.; 11:39 AM, February 26, 2011
NotClauswitz said...: I tried to go on twitter to see what was coming out of Egypt, then Libya.
It's frustratingly retarded.; 12:48 PM, February 26, 2011
Mark Alger said...: Tam? Slow? Anybody who's heard you in conversation knows better than THAT.

But you know... There's nothing to stop you from tweeting on your blog. I mean... why diffuse your traffic?

M; 1:45 PM, February 26, 2011
Jeffro said...: Fail Whale strikes again!; 2:23 PM, February 26, 2011
Steve Skubinna said...: Which finger? Trigger, or one of the other ones stuck on just for grip and balance?; 7:17 PM, February 26, 2011
Borepatch said...: Haiku FTW!

I'm going to start posing all my tweets in Haiku. Maybe blog comments, too. Oh, wait ...; 7:26 PM, February 26, 2011
Cond0011 said...: "I also don't "chat" because I'm slow."

Heh. I understand. Chat is the Speed-Chess of commenting as there is some form of virtual clock your dealing with which is akin to conversation.

Requires alot of practice to maintain accuracy.

In conversation I am rather mild to talk to as it takes a while for me to get riled up about something someone has said (and if they said something obnoxious, I need to stay silent as I am busy trying throttle my impulse for a little stress-reduction); 11:53 PM, February 26, 2011