its a goof on the william carlos williams poem abt apologizing for eating the plums which are cold and sweet
― lag∞n, Friday, 1 December 2017 18:58 (six years ago) link
Which people have been goofing on for years but it’s a new blossoming of the form
― .oO (silby), Friday, 1 December 2017 19:02 (six years ago) link
goofs on that poem are bad, like baby shoes bad
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Friday, 1 December 2017 19:04 (six years ago) link
hmmm, no
― lag∞n, Friday, 1 December 2017 19:16 (six years ago) link
Ok I haven't seen any good ones
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Friday, 1 December 2017 19:20 (six years ago) link
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Friday, December 1, 2017 12:04 PM (thirty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i did a baby shoes one way back, it's true that they aren't funny
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 1 December 2017 19:36 (six years ago) link
some of the baby shoes ones are funny playing off the fact that were supposed to genuflect before the original
― lag∞n, Friday, 1 December 2017 19:37 (six years ago) link
i'm pro plums but it has gone too far
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 1 December 2017 19:41 (six years ago) link
i agree, he shd not have eaten the plums, even if they were cold and sweet
― lag∞n, Friday, 1 December 2017 19:42 (six years ago) link
I am glad to know the source of the cold plums
― Google Murray Blockchain (kingfish), Friday, 1 December 2017 20:10 (six years ago) link
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Friday, December 1, 2017 2:04 PM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the fuck this was like the only good thing on twitter all week
― flopson, Saturday, 2 December 2017 00:57 (six years ago) link
for some reason i thought it was in reference to this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzRNrS5MPOw
― voodoo chili, Saturday, 2 December 2017 01:07 (six years ago) link
idk maybe people really are uncontrollably guffawing at the 4000th non-variation of (extremely 280 characters voice) "90s meme song lyrics, also plums" and I'm a joyless monster for my only reaction is "oh. Yes. Yes, I see what this is"
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Saturday, 2 December 2017 08:33 (six years ago) link
we are having all-time storms and flooding, and there have been six tweets about it in the past hour. twitter is decaying.
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 2 December 2017 10:06 (six years ago) link
i like dumb jokes
― flopson, Saturday, 2 December 2017 10:31 (six years ago) link
And you cannot lieYou other brothers can't denyCold plums
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Saturday, 2 December 2017 10:45 (six years ago) link
I deleted twitter off my phone again we’ll see if it sticks.
― .oO (silby), Saturday, 2 December 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
same here (but for the first time)
― nashwan, Saturday, 2 December 2017 15:39 (six years ago) link
D
― moyesery loves kompany (darraghmac), Saturday, 2 December 2017 18:21 (six years ago) link
joyless monsters otm as usual
― sciatica, Saturday, 2 December 2017 19:03 (six years ago) link
I made a plum tweet 😜
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Saturday, 2 December 2017 19:08 (six years ago) link
i forgive you
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 2 December 2017 19:13 (six years ago) link
heh
― lag∞n, Saturday, 2 December 2017 19:15 (six years ago) link
Ain't I a stinker
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Saturday, 2 December 2017 19:17 (six years ago) link
white chickens are next, keep it on the hush
― ur-oik (rip van wanko), Saturday, 2 December 2017 19:34 (six years ago) link
Imagine trying to explain “left icebox none plums” to your parents— Louisa 🌹🍞🌹 (@LouisatheLast) December 1, 2017
― lag∞n, Sunday, 3 December 2017 03:53 (six years ago) link
ffffuxk
― .oO (silby), Sunday, 3 December 2017 03:54 (six years ago) link
Anyone on Mastodon btw, the hip new open source twitter that is about 1/3 furries but 0/3 brands
― .oO (silby), Sunday, 3 December 2017 03:56 (six years ago) link
I have an acct that I check maybe every few months
― Google Murray Blockchain (kingfish), Sunday, 3 December 2017 19:06 (six years ago) link
every month or two i get a friend request from ello. i haven't unsubscribed out of sheer laziness
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 3 December 2017 21:17 (six years ago) link
― 龜, Monday, 4 December 2017 08:25 (six years ago) link
Yeah, was gonna say, "plums" is basically just Lysol Douche/and here's why/many other threads for twitter.
― emil.y, Monday, 4 December 2017 10:36 (six years ago) link
I don't disagree with that
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Monday, 4 December 2017 10:58 (six years ago) link
we totally invented Better Twitter before Twitter existed
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 4 December 2017 11:04 (six years ago) link
I don't disagree either and yet its an improvement on all of them:
My name is cowWen I beholdSome fruit get keptWere it is coldI gobble upWat I find dere Look on my worksI eat dis pearRose is redVilits blu Never gonnaGive up uWhose woods are dese Beet beet drumsMy sekrit isI et yr plums— Al Kennedy (@housetoastonish) December 1, 2017
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 December 2017 11:50 (six years ago) link
poetry is stupid
― sleepingbag, Monday, 4 December 2017 11:58 (six years ago) link
Do not stand at my icebox and weep;I am not there. I just got eat.— Sarah_Woolley (@Sarah_Woolley) December 1, 2017
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 December 2017 12:01 (six years ago) link
in any context xp
― sleepingbag, Monday, 4 December 2017 12:06 (six years ago) link
why are you talking like this, did you vote for Trump as well?
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 December 2017 12:08 (six years ago) link
I did not vote forthe socialistwho was fromthe whitest place in the world
and whichyou were probablyhopingwould fix everything
Forgive mehe was so oldso brashand so fucking dumb
― sleepingbag, Monday, 4 December 2017 12:19 (six years ago) link
please inlcude plums in there and make it new.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 December 2017 12:21 (six years ago) link
*Lord of the rings guy but instead of potato he says plum*
― sleepingbag, Monday, 4 December 2017 12:29 (six years ago) link
important to get up early to insult poetry and bernie then reference some nerd shit B-)
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 December 2017 13:25 (six years ago) link
this is notThe lifeI choseThis is the lifeThat chose Me
(Girl you must be a plum because that ass is purple fruit or whatever)
― sleepingbag, Monday, 4 December 2017 13:28 (six years ago) link
Ii. Get up early ? I cannot sleep
― sleepingbag, Monday, 4 December 2017 13:30 (six years ago) link
Haunted by #plums
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 December 2017 13:33 (six years ago) link
forgive mefor plums contain natural mellowing agentsand I have been so anxious, and so.. full of anxiety
― ur-oik (rip van wanko), Monday, 4 December 2017 14:03 (six years ago) link
left none plums tweets great
plum tweet haters ain't
― j., Monday, 4 December 2017 17:00 (six years ago) link
guys i've done a little research and read some of the baby shoes tweets and they're bad, sorry
― k3vin k., Monday, 4 December 2017 18:56 (six years ago) link
I feel the shit account tour bracket is generally a symptom of horribleness but as an annual way for me to notice and understand the badness of certain tweetspheres it’s illuminatingsadly this year I recognize 2/3rds of the people and.... ok they’re fucking horrible
― mh, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 00:49 (six years ago) link