So i had a week off with some visiting friends to go on a road trip and visit the Kruger National Park and we saw some crazy amazing animal sights… but i also missed all of you and so am super ready to dive back into this week’s game… [And with tomorrow being my birthday there is a special and quite easy way you can help make it the best birthday ever – check this out!]
But first there is the little business of reminding ourselves of all the greatness you came up with creating a whole new brand of Confusing Proverbs two weeks ago. Remembering, as always, that is becomes a lot easier to keep track of all the games happening if you download the free @HashtagRoundup app, so make sure you install that and come and play…
As always you completely brought it and we did a little bit of the Trendaging:
@AFrikkinHashtag the 1st mention of #ConfusingProverbs appears on your TL. Now is Trending Topic in United States! #trndnl
— Trendinalia USA (@trendinaliaUS) January 6, 2016
Always great to have the Canadians playing along – could it be cos your actual Proverbs are already super confusing and you were just sending them in?
#3 trending hashtag Canada/#4 USA #ConfusingProverbs w/@KeshaTedder @AFrikkinHashtag @BrettFishA
— Hashtag Roundup (@HashtagRoundup) January 6, 2016
THE GAME
For this game i decided to give a little more direction:
Winner’s Guide for this week’s @AFrikkinHashtag game #ConfusingProverbs – Quality not Quanity – spend some time… pic.twitter.com/fVrwjGivZT
— A Frikkin Hashtag (@AFrikkinHashtag) January 6, 2016
And as always some helpful examples:
For those of you still a little confused, here is one: #ConfusingProverbs @HashtagRoundup with @KeshaTedder in tow pic.twitter.com/ZxnOHb6k4v
— A Frikkin Hashtag (@AFrikkinHashtag) January 6, 2016
And even pointed to a great app that i use to create my picture messages:
I use a program called @Canva to create mine – easy, simple, quick – creativity is all me though. #ConfusingProverbs pic.twitter.com/rfj3VWAhRa
— A Frikkin Hashtag (@AFrikkinHashtag) January 6, 2016
The hope with this week’s game was more than just twisting already existing proverbs which a lot of you did well, but also to inspire totally new, completely made up ones:
We are not just Altering Idioms here: get creative – start from scratch & show me what you got: #ConfusingProverbs pic.twitter.com/GmDt8ZQ7BK
— A Frikkin Hashtag (@AFrikkinHashtag) January 6, 2016
Dropping her Nemesis conflict for two hours to help out was the ever present Kesha “Binksie” Tedder:
#ConfusingProverbs Better at a late time than never at a specific time
— Kesha Tedder (@KeshaTedder) January 6, 2016
i have decided that @AFrikkinHashtag and @NandosSA feel like distant cousins and so started my devious plan to get them on board as official sponsors, inviting you to add them into your tweets [which you should do every week til they cave!]:
And then, as usual, i had a few samples to get you going:
i think you get the idea… and you completely did, because the tweets came thick and fast and there really were too many good ones to choose a top ten list of… but, as always, we did manage to grab a few here and there and so this week’s offerings who made it on to the:
FISH LIST OF PRIZEWORTHYNESS
in no particular order are:
Dhanaraj had something against apples:
A Doctor A Day, Keeps The Apple Away #ConfusingProverbs
— Dhanaraj (@Dhanarajtweet) January 6, 2016
While John found a way to musically proverb us
and it made SO MUCH sense:
If at first you don’t succeed, try a little tenderness. #ConfusingProverbs
— Johnsense (@John_Cioch) January 6, 2016
Jeff clearly had some childhood memories he was trying to escape:
A bird in hand only leaves you with one hand #ConfusingProverbs
— Jeff Dwoskin (@bigmacher) January 6, 2016
Ms Hashtag told us we gotta work harder in the wrongs department:
#ConfusingProverbs Two wrongs don’t make a third
— Little ol’ me (@Ms_Hashtag) January 6, 2016
Dave sounded like he might have tested this one out:
A fool and his monkey are soon partying #ConfusingProverbs
— dave lyon (@bonesnorkel) January 6, 2016
While Hashtag King tried to save us from unwanted Camel attention:
If you stay in the water too long, the camel will judge #ConfusingProverbs
— The # King (@ANGRYref) January 6, 2016
Jeff had us considering ‘Where is my egg?’
Man is no good with egg in hand, must have egg in heart #ConfusingProverbs
— Jeff Dwoskin (@bigmacher) January 6, 2016
Octopus Caveman helped us towards becoming one:
#ConfusingProverbs one must do for oneself what one does when becoming one with the oneness of everyone
— Octopus/Caveman (@OctopusCaveman) January 6, 2016
Adrian spoke the truth:
Don’t put all your baby’s bathwater in one basket #ConfusingProverbs
— Adrian Lui (@adrianlui) January 6, 2016
While Rain issued an appropriate warning:
Don’t throw the baby in the bath water in the corner. #ConfusingProverbs @AFrikkinHashtag
— Rain E. (@Rainearthimbue) January 6, 2016
Adrian returned with this depth:
A bird in the hand is in the eye of the beholder #ConfusingProverbs
— Adrian Lui (@adrianlui) January 6, 2016
While Sophie helped keep us grounded:
#ConfusingProverbs Hope for the best, but prepare for a flock of birds pic.twitter.com/P3vcNBEgnF
— SophieDiddles (@sophie_diddles) January 6, 2016
Finchie exchanged pictures for dictionaries:
#ConfusingProverbs A picture is worth $20 with which you can buy a dictionary.
— v. finch (@muchsmol) January 6, 2016
While Wayne really took us to a place:
As if #ConfusingProverbs
— Spider Wayne (@waynepitt69) January 6, 2016
Mark lamented the poor dental practitioner:
#ConfusingProverbs The dentist is a lonely hunter
— Whale Meat Again (@MarkWhalesongs) January 6, 2016
Joey went all Twitterer on us:
#ConfusingProverbs The retweet is mightier than the actual knowledge
— Joey Tomatoes (@joeytomatoes) January 6, 2016
Geff might have been speaking prophetically:
@HashtagRoundup @KeshaTedder @AFrikkinHashtag #confusingproverbs Tweet Like Nobody Is Reading
— Geff Gefferson (@GeffGefferson1) January 6, 2016
Wzyne returned with a desperate plea:
Catch me if you can, but if you do release me into the wild #ConfusingProverbs
— Spider Wayne (@waynepitt69) January 6, 2016
John brought it with one of my [and your] favourites
in the misdirection catergory:
#ConfusingProverbs You can’t have your cake and Edith
— JohnTerra (@JTtheDM) January 6, 2016
Brian got all Mathy on us:
When all else fails: X=8 Theta=62.8° #ConfusingProverbs @AFrikkinHashtag
— Brian Kachadurian (@toolguybak) January 6, 2016
i couldn’t leave my Nemesis hanging:
And i just KNOW you’ve all been waiting for this one with @KeshaTedder #HeeHee pic.twitter.com/POatXPTxKw
— A Frikkin Hashtag (@AFrikkinHashtag) January 6, 2016
Which got the community involved:
It is better to keep @KeshaTedder away from Peanut Butter, than to open a Jar Jar and remove all doubt. #ConfusingProverbs @AFrikkinHashtag
— While Ur Down There (@WhileUrDownTher) January 6, 2016
Charley got real, possibly improving on a classic?:
#ConfusingProverbs If at first you don’t succeed, cry cry again. @AFrikkinHashtag
— Charley Kaye (@charley_ck14) January 6, 2016
While Freddie had some vocational angst:
Don’t put all the eggs in the same basket. Eh!! I do online delivery. Do you mean the cart? #ConfusingProverbs
— Freddie (@Freddiemaize) January 6, 2016
Joe Blow spoke of the travel essentials we often overlook:
A journey of a thousand miles starts with one armadillo #ConfusingProverbs
— Joe Blow (@nta71) January 6, 2016
While Steve advocated a new type of pet:
Beauty is in they eye of the Bee Holder #ConfusingProverbs pic.twitter.com/YBS6OB2NZz
— Steveedub (@Steveedub) January 6, 2016
Rod blew our minds with:
#ConfusingProverbs To err is an anagram of retro.
— Apple Dumpling (@AppleKnee) January 6, 2016
Croc spoke to our very souls:
#ConfusingProverbs Be Quick but don’t hurry
— c roc (@madeUlookhuh) January 6, 2016
Chris got personal after i issued a @KeshaTedder incentive:
A watermelon a day keeps the granny away, but @KeshaTedder will never hurt you! #confusingproverbs @AFrikkinHashtag
— Chris (@BoiseBoye) January 6, 2016
And Finchie joined in:
@AFrikkinHashtag @KeshaTedder won’t cry over a spilt Jar Jar of peanut butter but @BrettFishA ‘s eyes will watermelon. #ConfusingProverbs
— v. finch (@muchsmol) January 6, 2016
Michelle was all about commitment:
#ConfusingProverbs Die for your fart.
— ❤michelle❤ (@ChelleyBeannss) January 6, 2016
i would agree with Gretel on this one most days:
#ConfusingProverbs Revenge is a fish best served cold
— Gretel Armstrong (@SugarGretel) January 6, 2016
Rod got literal:
#ConfusingProverbs A problem shaved is a bald problem.
— Apple Dumpling (@AppleKnee) January 6, 2016
Bradley gave us all reason to fight for proper shoe wear:
#ConfusingProverbs Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman’s Corns pic.twitter.com/86dz4BbVtO
— Bradley S. Howell (@BradleySHowell) January 6, 2016
SmartEPants chipped in:
Better a live coward than a dead guitar hero. #ConfusingProverbs
— SmartEPants (@3rdPerSyn) January 6, 2016
Sophie felt for the jockeys:
If you asked a jockey to get off his high horse, doubt he’d be able to without help #ConfusingProverbs
— Sophie Stevens (@sophiestevens97) January 6, 2016
Moose went to one of my favourite places:
#ConfusingProverbs Success and prosperity require remaining focused at all…SQUIRREL!!!!!
— Anony Moose (@WhatsAMottaU) January 6, 2016
While some of the rest of you confused us with these:
#ConfusingProverbs What goes around is a kid’s ride.
— Ian F. Hood (@IanFHood) January 6, 2016
Never ask a giraffe to clean under the sink. #ConfusingProverbs
— Steveedub (@Steveedub) January 6, 2016
#ConfusingProverbs Time And Tide Wait For No Man Who Thinks He Is An Island
— DC M. (@BROADSIDED55) January 6, 2016
#ConfusingProverbs People who live with winehouses shouldn’t throw rolling stones pic.twitter.com/OI2PJJnUOr
— Harold Weaver Smith (@hws5mp) January 6, 2016
#ConfusingProverbs Better be careful of caution than sorry pic.twitter.com/tULIYd9dDi
— Andy Sparks (@AndyHashtagger) January 6, 2016
Give a man a fish and he’ll smell of fish. Give a man a bath… and he’ll still smell of fish(if he’s a fishmonger) #ConfusingProverbs
— Steve Toshk (@Toshk) January 6, 2016
#ConfusingProverbs May the Force be ever in your favor
— Bill Smith (@Smith_Bill) January 6, 2016
#ConfusingProverbs I complained of having no shoes, until I met a man walking a mile in someone else’s shoes.
— JohnTerra (@JTtheDM) January 6, 2016
Finally we had this scientific accuracy:
Blood is thicker than water, but thinner than chowder. #ConfusingProverbs pic.twitter.com/lejCGnDl4y
— Weird Voyeurism (@WeirdVoyeurism) January 6, 2016
Followed by Florence who really had us pondering:
The child is father to the manhole cover #ConfusingProverbs
— mags4indy (@florence_myles) January 6, 2016
And Mike is Happy who made me so happy with this
well played one:
No Man is an Island. Unless his Name is, Like, Hawaii or Madagascar or Something. Doug Madagascar, Totally an Island. #ConfusingProverbs
— Mike is Happy (@mikeishappy) January 6, 2016
CONGRATCHUMALATIONS to everyone who made the Fish List – if you didn’t, make sure you bring your A game tomorrow – remember if it’s family friendly, fun, clever or misdirectional you have a greater chance of making the list.
Til tomorrow’s game, remember to ‘Hope for the best, but prepare for a flock of birds.’
January 20th is my birthday and so hoping that @AFrikkinHashtag will have an appropriately trendingful game [bring your friends!] but one way in which you can ensure my birthday is great is by checking out this post and helping bring the change…
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