# “I don’t need more friends. You got friends and all they do is ask you to help them move. Fuck that. I’m old. I’m through moving shit.” 11:00 AM Nov 16th from web
Shit My Dad Says is pretty sublime. Even if it is fake, which it may be.
8.
Zifnab
@calipygian: Somebody is making up those quotes. That’s not nothin’.
9.
Just Some Fuckhead
@calipygian: Hell, that’s almost as funny as Mark Fucking Halperin.
I can remember watching the original back in the day, and being absolutely fascinated, and when someone would ask what was going on, I would just say I don’t know but it doesn’t matter.
@demkat620: @Annie: I’m fairly certain that it’s a Prisoner reference (my husband watches, and passing through the living room, I’ve picked up that the Prisoner is #6).
BUT, before I realized that I was just loving it as a completely random thing to say. Six? The rules don’t apply to six. Six is a free man!
I’ll wager you are Pondering; did he Discharge ONE shot or NONE?
—
Good day. My name is Inigo Montoya. Thou hast slain my father. Prepare for thine mortal end.
—
Indeed sir, you have seized me, but my question remains, what keeps you aloft?!
The similarly themed #18thCenturyPop tweets don’t work for me quite as well, maybe because I don’t listen to much music, but this one was cute:
Tried to make me go to Bedlam but I said Nay, thrice nay
34.
Zifnab
@drillfork: I’m sorry, but I am full of incredulity. I mean, call me paranoid and all, but we kill innocent men down here in Texas for having a space heater light his house on fire.
I wish this investigation had been done by the FBI rather than by Chuckles the Bumbleton Assistant Deputy coroner.
35.
Warren Terra
Good news:I successfully kept my separate lines within one blockquote. Bad news: in each case those three hyphens were meant to be, and when last I saw them were, on their own line, rather than being appended to the previous line.
The remake sucked. Incoherent as hell. I got the feeling they filmed enough for 10 episodes and then edited the hell out of it down to 6. Too much overt mind-screwing, and yes I know that was the point of the original series as well, but it was better paced back then dammit.
37.
geg6
Tried The Prisoner for about 10 minutes. Jesus Guy continues to totally creep me out, not to mention his totally wooden acting. How does this guy get work? He’s an insane Catholic of the Gibson family variety and his “technique” is non-existent. He makes me shudder. Much as I adore Gandalf, that show is unwatchable if only because of Cavezel.
I walked by just as Gandalf ate a hand grenade. I wish I could’ve just recorded that ten-second bit.
Twitter is definitely for twats. And Loaded Santa is a cheap misanthrope compared to FIRELAND.
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cmorenc
@Joshua Norton
He’s right. The root of the proper noun is “twit”.
@r€nato
I think the past particle, then, is ‘twat’.
So, it would be proper useage to note that:
“The TWIT TWATTED thusly yesterday…and set the blogsphere all aTWITTER with his inane comments.
If Sarah Palin chimed into the discussion via Twitter, would it be proper to say “The twat twittered” or the “twat twattered”?
40.
L. Ron Obama
Re: twit and twat, congratulations, everybody. You’ve successfully discovered a play on the word Twitter. Please queue up with your 215,764 predecessors for your reward.
God help us if you ever hear about the Wii.
41.
Morbo
Seriously? 40 comments and no one has yet said “Up The Irons!”
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gypsy howell
I tried twice to watch the new AMC version. Couldn’t do it. Loved the oringal, so I had such high hopes for liking the remake (except for the Jesus guy- I was a little worried about that, rightfully so apparently.) Now that Mad Men’s over for 9 months, I was hoping #6 would take up the Don Draper slack. Guess I’ll just get more sleep on Sunday nights.
General Winfield Stuck
First three times in a row. Thank you comcast.
Prisoner?
General Winfield Stuck
Opps, I lied.
Just Some Fuckhead
Oh Christ, are we gonna pretend now that pithy and witty never existed before Twitter??? Isn’t Twitter just the public bathroom wall made digital?
bago
We are 138.
calipygian
Shit My Dad Says makes Twitter a little worthwhile, too.
demkat620
I don’t get it.
calipygian
Shit My Dad Says is pretty sublime. Even if it is fake, which it may be.
Zifnab
@calipygian: Somebody is making up those quotes. That’s not nothin’.
Just Some Fuckhead
@calipygian: Hell, that’s almost as funny as Mark Fucking Halperin.
me
Who is number one‽
bago
@me: Who does number two work for?
LorenzoStDuBois
FakeAPStylebook has been single-handedly making Twitter work for me for the last 3 weeks. It’s absolutely brilliant.
freelancer
Someone here found loadedsanta the other night, that’s pretty win:
http://twitter.com/loadedsanta
ChrisZ
@demkat620:
Me neither =(
evinfuilt
@demkat620:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner
And after that, you should still not “Get it”, that’s the point of the story
Annie
@demkat620:
I don’t either…
cmorenc
It’s no accident that the root word for “Twitter” is:
“Twit”.
’nuff said.
General Winfield Stuck
@evinfuilt:
I can remember watching the original back in the day, and being absolutely fascinated, and when someone would ask what was going on, I would just say I don’t know but it doesn’t matter.
SpotWeld
Wow.. geek cred.
I’ll be seein’ you.
drillfork
OT: Sparkman death ruled a suicide.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_us/us_census_worker_hanged
Honestly it seems unbelievable to me. Still, I guess we shouldn’t race to conclusions after all…
Joshua Norton
I’ve tried to watch the show but I keep falling asleep. 11 pm on a Sunday nite just is not a good time to try to figure out vague nuance.
Zifnab
@cmorenc:
I think technically it’s “Tweet”
Joshua Norton
r€nato
@calipygian:
so does Loaded Santa.
ellaesther
@demkat620: @Annie: I’m fairly certain that it’s a Prisoner reference (my husband watches, and passing through the living room, I’ve picked up that the Prisoner is #6).
BUT, before I realized that I was just loving it as a completely random thing to say. Six? The rules don’t apply to six. Six is a free man!
But I’m a bit odd that way.
Grumpy Code Monkey
@demkat620:
Catch some reruns of “The Prisoner” (original series; haven’t seen the remake, not sure I want to). It’s a pretty classic line.
r€nato
@Joshua Norton:
I think the past particle, then, is ‘twat’.
I don’t care what it really is. I’m using ‘twat’. So there.
r€nato
participle. fuck.
r€nato
@drillfork:
no, we shouldn’t.
Andre
@calipygian:
I saw this and couldn’t stop laughing.
calipygian
@Andre:
I’m crying. One of the funniest things I’ve read in a long time.
Annie
@ellaesther:
thank you….
Warren Terra
The hash tag “#18thCenturyMovieLines” can be pretty funny; some examples:
The similarly themed #18thCenturyPop tweets don’t work for me quite as well, maybe because I don’t listen to much music, but this one was cute:
Zifnab
@drillfork: I’m sorry, but I am full of incredulity. I mean, call me paranoid and all, but we kill innocent men down here in Texas for having a space heater light his house on fire.
I wish this investigation had been done by the FBI rather than by Chuckles the Bumbleton Assistant Deputy coroner.
Warren Terra
Good news:I successfully kept my separate lines within one blockquote. Bad news: in each case those three hyphens were meant to be, and when last I saw them were, on their own line, rather than being appended to the previous line.
How’s that edit function coming along, anyway?
PaulW
The remake sucked. Incoherent as hell. I got the feeling they filmed enough for 10 episodes and then edited the hell out of it down to 6. Too much overt mind-screwing, and yes I know that was the point of the original series as well, but it was better paced back then dammit.
geg6
Tried The Prisoner for about 10 minutes. Jesus Guy continues to totally creep me out, not to mention his totally wooden acting. How does this guy get work? He’s an insane Catholic of the Gibson family variety and his “technique” is non-existent. He makes me shudder. Much as I adore Gandalf, that show is unwatchable if only because of Cavezel.
BruceFromOhio
@geg6:
I walked by just as Gandalf ate a hand grenade. I wish I could’ve just recorded that ten-second bit.
Twitter is definitely for twats. And Loaded Santa is a cheap misanthrope compared to FIRELAND.
cmorenc
@Joshua Norton
@r€nato
So, it would be proper useage to note that:
“The TWIT TWATTED thusly yesterday…and set the blogsphere all aTWITTER with his inane comments.
If Sarah Palin chimed into the discussion via Twitter, would it be proper to say “The twat twittered” or the “twat twattered”?
L. Ron Obama
Re: twit and twat, congratulations, everybody. You’ve successfully discovered a play on the word Twitter. Please queue up with your 215,764 predecessors for your reward.
God help us if you ever hear about the Wii.
Morbo
Seriously? 40 comments and no one has yet said “Up The Irons!”
gypsy howell
I tried twice to watch the new AMC version. Couldn’t do it. Loved the oringal, so I had such high hopes for liking the remake (except for the Jesus guy- I was a little worried about that, rightfully so apparently.) Now that Mad Men’s over for 9 months, I was hoping #6 would take up the Don Draper slack. Guess I’ll just get more sleep on Sunday nights.
Lex
@r€nato: “particle” was funnier. In fact, “particle” was full of WIN.
cmorenc
@L. Ron Obama
Oui!
ruemara
@r€nato:
Much to the chagrin of my tweeting friends, I too say “twat”. Because it’s too darned apropo.
raptusregaliter
The first two hours of the remake were tolerable. The rest of it sucked hard. Don’t waste your time.
eyepaddle
@Morbo:
Yeah, that was what I thought right away too.
UP THE IRONS! \m/ \m/