Twitpanto (Quickpost)

Had to come out of hibernation as this one piqued my interest. Those who did not grow up in the UK (me) might not recognize panto as being short for pantomime, a Christmas tradition across the pond (and elsewhere).

It would appear that some twitterers have organized themselves to bring the tradition to Twitter! Near as I can tell, they’re doing Cinderella and have a stage director and everything.

The festivities start at 2pm GMT on the 23rd of December.

Follow the #twitpanto live on Twitter.

#boobs

If I’ve learned one thing doing this blog it’s that if something inexplicably trends, start with the moms. Last night some of the mommytweeters, starting joking around by tagging their posts with #boobs. And then all hell broke loose. The hashtag rippled through this (smallish) gang of merry pranksters, but once it started to trend, everyone piled on.

And some have picked up on it to carry the torch for #boobs this evening.

I reckon there’s a opportunity here to have some fun and to raise awareness for an issue. How about it ladies?

Follow the #boobs on Twitter.

#badfirstdate (Quickpost)

Hardly needs explaining, but man this rose up fast… Some faves so far:

• I though we were just hanging out. She though we had already been dating for a week. Ooops?
• we got lost, tried to turn around, I got my 79 Caprice stuck in ditch and had to wait an hour before anyone could help us
• took her bowling. Ran into her ex and she left me to bowl with him. Story of my life…I set ’em up, others knock ’em down.
• a blind-date and she told me right away she was only doing it to make another man jealous. Then talked about him all night.
• Fell backwards while sitting on an outdoor handrail, my purse also fell and hit me on the head. Later on, I hit a parked car.
• He had no car, so I drove; then he forgot his wallet @ dinner. However, he was very sweet and 3 1/2 yrs later, here we are!

Add your #badfirstdate on Twitter.

It’s The Great / Great Pumpkin / Charlie Brown (Quickpost)

Guess what. Movie is. On tonight.

Follow the It’s The Great / Great Pumpkin / Charlie Brown chatter on Twitter.

Snow (Quickpost)

Based on the speed at which these tweets are coming in, it’s snowing. A lot. Even in England. Some are seeing it for the first time. Heck, it’s even brought Jerry back from the grave. Also Snow Patrol has a new album out.

Follow the snow lovers (and haters) on Twitter.

#Twitter1998

This one here is a fun one and doesn’t take a lot of explanation, which is good because I’m exhausted. If you had Twitter in 1998, what would you be tweeting about? I’m loving (but not totally understanding) all of the international participation.

Check out the most awesome #Twitter1998 responses on Twitter.

Saturdays

With the arrival of the weekend, seems the twitterverse is announcing its feelings toward Saturdays:

• I love Saturdays…
• it should never rain on saturdays!
• I hate working on Saturdays.
• ready for one of those Saturdays with a bit of everything
• Saturdays are so exciting!
• Yay for Saturdays!
• Thank you Jesus for rainy Saturdays, pumpkin spice lattes and for finally making at least one of my diet dr. pepper caps a winner.
• who knew that they had 5:30am’s on Saturdays?

See what others think about Saturdays on Twitter.

#FTT

Laura “Pistachio” Fitton has done it again. She asked the twitterverse this morning to “Finish This Tweet: “Most of all, I love __________________” (please “tag” your replies by including #FTT in order to compile/share them)” As you might have guessed #FTT started trending right away. 

Some Most of all, I love ________ include:

• being greeted by my dogs.
• getting a good night’s sleep as it is the foundation of the whole new day.
• friends who tell me when my links are broken – or that I have broccoli in my teeth 😉
• laughing so hard I snort.
• hearing people talk about something they’re passionate about.
• love.

Follow more of the #FTT stories on Twitter.

“Boss’s Day”

Attention Bosses everywhere: today is your one and only day to complain about your employees not being nice to you! (OK, I suppose technically, as the Boss, you’re allowed to do whatever you want. But today it’s official.)

Some bosses are reaping the benefits, some, not so much and some have taken a preemptive approach:

• Boss’s Day: Katie takes me to lunch!
• Feeling upset because I just found out it’s Boss’s Day, and I didn’t get them anything.
• Nancy got me a container of candy corn for Boss’s day…I love candy corn!
• So hang on. I paid $5 to contribute to a card and balloons for Boss’s Day for a boss who would throw me under the bus to save his ass? Cool.
• Goin to get the kids. I wonder if they’ll give me anything for Boss’s day. hardee har har

And much to the regret of bosses everywhere, lots of people seem to have forgotten. Have you? Then go hug your Boss! (Or not.) 

See what people are saying about Boss’s Day on Twitter.

#polband

Simple. Band names with a political bent. Meme is spreading as fast as #lafire.

Some faves:

• Van Palin
• Rowe Diddley
• The Moody Blue States and Simply Red States
• Filibuster
• Pop-Chart Veterans for Truth.
• The Hanging Chads

Follow the #polband meme on Twitter.

Paddington Bear

Today marks the 50th birthday of one of the worlds’ most beloved bears, Paddington. Fifty years ago today, on October 13th 1958 “A Bear Called Paddington” was first published. More from wikipedia:

“The polite immigrant bear from Darkest Peru, with his old bush hat, battered suitcase and marmalade sandwiches has become a classic English children’s literature icon. Paddington books have been translated into thirty languages across seventy titles and sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. Over 265 licensees, making thousands of different products across the UK, Europe, USA, Southeast Asia, Japan, Australia and South Africa all benefit from the universal recognition of Paddington Bear.”

 

See more birthday greetings for Paddington Bear on Twitter.

Image source: Dave Pearson on Flickr.

It’s 5

Loads of folks starting their days off early on this October Saturday:

• It’s 5:34am and all I can say is …. 😦
• It’s 5:25 am. About to board the bus.
• I’m up. It’s 5:45. I’m leaving.
• It’s 5 am! I’m just waking up for work!
• it’s 5:46 am and I still haven’t fell asleep.

Hope you all manage to turn it around and have a swell day.

More It’s 5 at Twitter.

Update: It’s 7. (Slackers…)