Only 6000 followers?

Ok that's farkin' hilarious.

Feh, I'll bet it's not really Big Ben, it's probably some Timex he has working for him.

I too exclaim about waterpipes multiple times on the hour.

Look Kids! Big Ben! Parliament!

I can dig what they're doing. Maybe I'm just old, but I don't really understand Twitter either. Maybe if somebody could explain it to me...

/off lawn

"New online toilet to revolutionize e-sh*tting"

--The Onion, Internet newspaper

Jeebus. Somebody get Ben his bong already. A big Snooper-Sized one.

If you're on twitter, please do the world a favor and kill youself. No matter what your "blog" says, you're completely and utterly useless.

The only thing more annoying than Twitter is the endless stream of stupid articles about various Twitter accounts.

dead_dangler

Sorry to hear about the state of your penis.

Here for the tears

shadowself: dead_dangler

Sorry to hear about the state of your penis.

Thanks. The doctors say that given enough time and enough anti-oxidant vitamins, it should attain it's 5 inch glory again in another 5 or 6 years.

It's fun to watch the wave of BONG BONG BONG BONG go past when I scroll on that page.

Twitter: 140 characters of FAIL

My two favorite sites: twitter.com/themime and twitter.com/shiatmydadsays (link will be filterpwnd)

I predict this thread will continue to be a collection of inconsequential, insulting posts of fewer than 140 characters. Ironic.

I've hooked my insulin pump to my smartphone so that every hour it posts my blood glucose levels onto Twitter.

Foxxinnia: I've hooked my insulin pump to my smartphone so that every hour it posts my blood glucose levels onto Twitter.

My rectal thermometer is on Twitter. Every five minutes my fans know my internal temperature.

*Every* five minutes.

Hey, has anyone complained about how stupid twitter is yet, because I wanted to be the first, and leaving comments on Fark is so much cooler than leaving them on twitter, where only people that want to see them can see them, and they're limited to 140 characters so they don't run on and on and on like this comment does.

/no slashies on twitter either

hogans: Foxxinnia: I've hooked my insulin pump to my smartphone so that every hour it posts my blood glucose levels onto Twitter.

My rectal thermometer is on Twitter. Every five minutes my fans know my internal temperature.

*Every* five minutes.

You're current rectum temperature is far more interesting that 99.9% of the drivel that the great mediocrity post on twitter. Can I be a follower?

liquid_love: I can dig what they're doing. Maybe I'm just old, but I don't really understand Twitter either. Maybe if somebody could explain it to me...

/off lawn

It's a message with no direct recipient, pushed automatically to those who elect to receive your messages.

/was that so hard?

shadowself: I predict this thread will continue to be a collection of inconsequential, insulting posts of fewer than 140 characters. Ironic.

And bell puns.

Don't be afraid to chime in.

Actually, I think one of the only USEFUL things that Twitter provides is the ability for non-human things to report their status to us. Example: London Bridge reports when it is opening and closing.

Otherwise, yeah, it's stupid.

reverbblue: The only thing more annoying than Twitter is the endless stream of stupid articles about various Twitter accounts.

Those articles? They're a passing fad. You know what they say.

Here today, gong tomorrow.

Twitter is like regularly changing your IM client's "away" message.

bikerwalla: Twitter is like regularly changing your IM client's "away" message.

Better a short message than an entire drawn-out glockenspiel.

"I'm on twitter, but it's because "

/you're welcome

OK, chimes are coming out.

Donald_McRonald: OK, chimes are coming out.

New laptop please. Well done sir.

rainbow sprinkles: Donald_McRonald: OK, chimes are coming out.

New laptop please. Well done sir.

Agreed.

That was most tubular.

Hell, I might get Twitter just FOR Big Ben's BONG!

FatherDale: My two favorite sites: twitter.com/themime and twitter.com/shiatmydadsays (link will be filterpwnd)
"The dog don't like you planting stuff there. It's his backyard. If you're the only one who shiats in something, you own it. Remember that."

Horrifyingly that actually makes sense to me. I haven't met a girl that's understood it yet though, it must be a guy thing.

At least make it interesting - the London Bridge is on Twitter and talks smack about other bridges and people crossing the bridge.

FatherDale: twitter.com/shiatmydadsays (link will be filterpwnd)

There is some comedy gold in that one. I have no idea if it's really what his dad says or if he's just making it up. But thank you nonetheless.

Big Ben is the bell not the clock

8ace: Big Ben is the bell not the clock

Correct...and the firm that actually made Big Ben, Whitechapel Bell Foundry, has quite a history...They also made the Original Liberty Bell!

http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/index.htm (new window)

I use twitter like a lot of you use RSS feeds, getting posts from various companies. It's info.

Now, people who just follow people...

George_Spelvin: Now, people who just follow people...

...are the luuuuuuuuuuuckiest peopllllllllleeeeeee.....

um, sorry. I seem to have channeled Barbra Streisand for a moment there. It won't happen again.

Good. Finally something useful on Tw*tter.

Twitter... wait, isn't that the thing I use to update my MySpace status from my mobile phone? Otherwise, it has no practical value?

i have exactly one follower (my sis) just to see what in the world twitter was and what it is good for.

The only thing I can think of is if you have a big group of friends that are meeting up somewhere for dinner/drinks and someone to let everyone know that they are first and are getting everyone a table so HURRY THE FARK UP!

/much less effort than selecting everyone individually for a SMS

Tr0mBoNe: Only 6000 followers?

8968 now

FatherDale: My two favorite sites: twitter.com/themime and twitter.com/shiatmydadsays (link will be filterpwnd)

That man's father is my new hero.

Day_Old_Dutchie: the firm that actually made Big Ben, Whitechapel Bell Foundry, has quite a history...They also made the Original Liberty Bell!

RT @LibertyBell "still cracked"

It would be really cool to disable all the world's smartphones for about 72 hours and watch at least 50% of the 'current' generation freak out, as their empty virtual life collapsed like a giant black hole.

"OMG! and then I was like, whatever. And she was like, you're soooo last week. And I was like...."