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Post by Zat Sun 28 Nov 2010, 21:57

skully will love this.

From today's 'The Tonk' in the SMH

Angry American mom doesn't give a tweet about cricket

The start of the Ashes has been relished by cricket fans throughout Australia, England, and other cricket-playing nations. The United States, seemingly, has not been captured by it. People wanting to share their thoughts on the series have been doing so on Twitter by adding #Ashes or #TheAshes to their messages, to ensure people monitoring those topics can see their contribution. But some have been mistakenly affixing @theashes to their messages. By doing so, hundreds of messages have been directed to @theashes, a woman from Westfield, Massachusetts, whose tweets have primarily related to her toddler's sleeping habits. Her first hints of irritation emerged about two days ago, when she replied to cricket fans who had contacted her, explaining: ''I am not a cricket match. Stop mentioning me and check profiles before you send messages. Its [sic] really annoying.'' As her frustration became evident her messages were retweeted by hundreds more, prompting an irate response from her yesterday. ''I AM NOT A FREAKING CRICKET MATCH!!!'' Once news of her frustration spread yesterday, cricket tweeters were mischievously urging people to follow @theashes for Test series updates. Stand by for her next tantrum.

I don't do twitter, nor do I read it, but I imagine this kind of thing would almost make it worth looking at for a few minutes.

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Post by embee Sun 28 Nov 2010, 23:06

"Its [sic] really annoying."

WTF sort of dickhead worries about missing punctuation in a "tweet"?

Red ...did you write the article?
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Post by ever hopeful Sun 28 Nov 2010, 23:21

Oh come on theres no excuse for bad punctuation and sloppy mistake's
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Post by DJ_Smerk Mon 29 Nov 2010, 00:02

I saw this yesterday.

I lol'd.
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Post by Basil Mon 29 Nov 2010, 00:40

So who's volunteering to tell the poor dear that she's got another seven weeks of this?
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Post by PeterCS Mon 29 Nov 2010, 00:59

Not me. I dont wan't to get arrested for man's'laughter.
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Post by PeterCS Mon 29 Nov 2010, 01:00

I nominate this for "Most flamboyant thread title of the year".
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Post by Zat Mon 29 Nov 2010, 01:34

I does me best.

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Post by Bradman Mon 29 Nov 2010, 01:43

[quote="embee"]"Its [sic] really annoying."

WTF sort of dickhead worries about missing punctuation in a "tweet"?

Red ...did you write the article?
[/quote

Newspaper sub-edoitors apparently. I've got to admit it confused me for a minute or two.
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Post by simkat Mon 29 Nov 2010, 09:01

DJ_Smerk wrote:I saw this yesterday.

I lol'd.

I was following the Ashes tweets and saw this too. She seems to be taking it well now, even including a cricket term or two in her tweets. And I guess it's not every day you get offered a flight to Australia. #qantasfail

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Post by skully Mon 29 Nov 2010, 09:04

Hehehehe, cheers Zog, that's made my day!! Farquin Gold.
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Post by Hass Mon 29 Nov 2010, 11:05

embee wrote:"Its [sic] really annoying."

WTF sort of dickhead worries about missing punctuation in a "tweet"?

Red ...did you write the article?

I use punctuation in text messages.

Shoot me.

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Post by JGK Mon 29 Nov 2010, 11:41

No need. There's a special place in hell for people like you.

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Post by Henry Mon 29 Nov 2010, 11:49

simkat wrote:
DJ_Smerk wrote:I saw this yesterday.

I lol'd.

I was following the Ashes tweets and saw this too. She seems to be taking it well now, even including a cricket term or two in her tweets. And I guess it's not every day you get offered a flight to Australia. #qantasfail


Of course she's taking it well now she's realised she's famous.
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Post by Merlin Mon 29 Nov 2010, 12:03

Famous?! Shocked

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Post by Henry Mon 29 Nov 2010, 12:06

Well there was an article about it in one of the papers, and the likes of Swann and Broad have retweeted her "I am not a cricket match!!!" cry.
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Post by embee Mon 29 Nov 2010, 12:40

Hass wrote:
embee wrote:"Its [sic] really annoying."

WTF sort of dickhead worries about missing punctuation in a "tweet"?

Red ...did you write the article?

I use punctuation in text messages.

Shoot me.

....and do you worry about missing punctuation in texts you receive?
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Post by Hass Mon 29 Nov 2010, 12:41

embee wrote:
Hass wrote:
embee wrote:"Its [sic] really annoying."

WTF sort of dickhead worries about missing punctuation in a "tweet"?

Red ...did you write the article?

I use punctuation in text messages.

Shoot me.

....and do you worry about missing punctuation in texts you receive?

I do when it makes the meaning of the message ambiguous.

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Post by Henry Mon 29 Nov 2010, 12:43

I try 2 uz gd punctin n ma txts az wll.
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Post by PeterCS Mon 29 Nov 2010, 17:21

ppl wot dnt uz gd punctn need punchn
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Post by taipan Mon 29 Nov 2010, 18:49

Conf of punctn high
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Post by Zat Mon 29 Nov 2010, 20:46

Henry wrote:
simkat wrote:
DJ_Smerk wrote:I saw this yesterday.

I lol'd.

I was following the Ashes tweets and saw this too. She seems to be taking it well now, even including a cricket term or two in her tweets. And I guess it's not every day you get offered a flight to Australia. #qantasfail


Of course she's taking it well now she's realised she's famous.
Twitter fame. Reserved for twits.

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Post by PeterCS Mon 29 Nov 2010, 21:50

"The perils of self-whoring" must surely include a severe bout of bewilderment whether you're buying of selling, and similar - possibly terminal - disorientation as to what constitutes acceptable trade and treatment of yourself, by yourself, for yourself.
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