This is why, even though I do have a Twitter account (only because a really hot brunette batted her baby browns at me until I weakened), I don't use it.
On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > http://www.slate.com/id/2263462/pagenum/all/ > > As far as I can tell, the Twitter hashtag #wordsthatleadtotrouble got > started at about 11 a.m. Pacific Time on Sunday morning, when a user named > Kookeyy posted this short message: "#wordsthatleadtotrouble 'Don't Worry I > gotchu." A couple minutes later, Kookeyy posted another take on the same > theme: "#wordsthatleadtotrouble - I Love Yuh *kiss teeth*." On Twitter, > people append hashtags to categorize their messages—the tags make it easier > to search for posts on a certain topic, and they can sometimes lead to > worldwide call-and-response conversations in which people compete to outdo > one another with ever more hilarious, bizarre, or profane posts. A woman in > South Africa named Tigress_Lee moved the chatter in that direction: > "#wordsthatleadtotrouble 'the condom broke'!" she wrote. From there, the > meme took off. "We need to talk #wordsthatleadtotrouble," declared BigJamaal > (11,920 followers), and then he proceeded to post a blizzard of suggestions, > including "#wordsthatleadtotrouble I dont know why you got that Magnum in > your wallet you clearly live a Durex lifestyle." > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
