So i’ve been having a few website issues but holding middle fingers that it’s sorted now and so we can finally do a catch up on last week’s Hashtagging game which was a lot of crazy fun as we got a little weird and complimentary… ish.

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Katie

This week i had the incredible Katie aka @_Katiebyy69 co-hosting with me for the first time and she brought the party. In addition to her we now have a growing crew that call themselves The Unnamed Ones who are mostly made up of former co-hosts and some others who have really been huge support for @AFrikkinHashtag and every single week they show up in force and help make the game what it is today. An extra bucketful of cheerful banter [their weekly wage] to The Unnamed Ones. Of which, ironically enough, @KeshaTedder, my former nemesis [as well as current and future] has been the star performer as long as you pretend to yourselves that i didn’t just name her there.

THIS WEEK’S TAG

Compliments are strange and interesting things because some of them are completely obvious: “I love your new haircut” or “Your kitchen looks amazing”. But others can be a little more ambiguous such as saying “wow pregnancy really suits you” to someone who is not, or “this tastes interesting” and sometimes you have to guess whether it was meant to be a compliment or simply a veiled insult. We thought we’d have some fun with that this week as we invited you to bring out some Confusing Compliments… and boy, did you…

As always i shared a few examples to, you know, get the ball rolling:

Loved the birthday present, @KeshaTedder, I’m going to, um, keep it wrapped up forever so as not to damage it…
#ConfusingCompliment

Jar Jar Binks

Your voice reminds me of the sound my 1950’s fridge makes when the door opens…
#ConfusingCompliment

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No, No, I meant “Phat” with a PH like all the cool kids say…
#ConfusingCompliment

mr bean

BRING IN THE BOTS

Every now and then on one of my games i would come face to face with a Bot called the Seinfeld Bot and it was love at first tweet. Now i deem a game has been a successful one only when i receive a Seinfeld Bot tweet of approval and i am glad to say we achieved it with this one:

However, i also have a second favourite Bot [i know!] and it’s Bot? Schmot! and so clearly this was a doubly successful game:

As mentioned Katie was fantastic, HEARTing and RTing as fast as her account would let her as well as coming up with some gems of her own like these:

But let’s not be fooled. We all know you really only came here to see if you made it on to this week’s:

FISH LIST OF PRIZEWORTHYNESS [F.L.O.P.]

Well, did you? Not being on the list doesn’t mean you didn’t have good tweets. There were SO MANY great ones, but as much as i am unable to make a Top Ten list every week because of too much choice, i also can’t share them all. But here are some that really caught our eye for different reasons:

Marshall didn’t hold back:

Ran gave the straight jab:

While Nish [next week’s super co-host – WHOOHOO] brought out the p.s.:

Yaron did it with a pause and misdirection:

Buzzy went abstract and you know how much we love misdirection:

Reggie nailed this tag: Is it? isn’t it?

CJ brought out that word:

Nish was back with the double jab:

While our favourite Bunni brought the compliment and let down:

Craig went for the birthdate:

John gave the underhanded history stab:

View went for subtlety:

John went to the Don’t-Go-There place:

Metalhanded found some obscure praise:

Tee went for the give and retract:

Buzzy was back with literality [which should be a word!]:

Patch too:

Abed who walks was another Nailed-It, because Yes? No?

Edward was as subtle as a ‘the Hammer’:

Fungus [yesterday’s amazing co-host WHOOHOO!] used a question:

While Ego Sum Fortis went sci fi:

Heaven went misdirectional:

Geff philosophical:

Thing 1 nailed it:

Nish once more [you can see whay she’s co-host!] with a below the belt:

Simon managed to use the word ‘enchanting’ to insult:

Beautiful Mess kept hers relative:

Or his. It is quite sexist that i assume the name ‘Beautiful Mess’ is a woman. Maybe it’s the ‘beautiful’ thing.
I’m gonna stick with that.

Meanwhile Ronin gave praise followed by countersuit:

Laurie used direction for misdirection:

Keebler was digging a little deep:

Rican had class:

While Hells Bells went for unexpected:

Judge Waffles crossed the line:

While Anna gave praise… to your clothing:

Casey made me have to consult the dictionary [and you too, don’t lie!]:

Tonight on Cops used the ‘I’ word:

Keli-Ann didn’t just go there:

Erin’s sounded a little personal [we love your voice from afar Erin!]

One of the most popular came from Ran [and his friends at the Grandma Police]:

Theresa gave a conditional:

Delilah’s made me sad. But i loved the comeback:

Kittyhawk did not just go there:

Rob nailed it:

Barnes and Noble brought their brand and well played to them:

Colleen worked it:

Beth rewarded bravery:

Lang has your back:

Aiden kept us thinking:

Brian tried to find the silver lining:

John made us feel good. Then double take:

But this week two CONFUSING COMPLIMENTS stood out for me above all the rest and so today’s F.L.O.P. winners are:

Courtney who brought an actual live confusplement:

And Chiche12 which wins Misdirection of the week.

WELL DONE F.L.O.P.s and THANK YOU EVERYONE who took time out of your busy procrastinating to hang out with us and make this game so fun.

This game might not be for everyone – and that’s okay – because one thing we continue to drive home is that this is a FAMILY game so we’d love you to help us keep it that way. If you are ever wondering how to make it on to the F.L.O.P. this might help you out:

hashtag game F.L.O.P.

Every Wednesday at 12 noon South Africa time – we hope to see you next week. If you would like to be a co-host on @AFrikkinHashtag and you are someone who plays the game regularly and wants to be part of the vibe, drop me a line and let me know and we can see what may be. In the meantime, let’s keep the WIT in the TWITTERER!

Your host, Brett “Fish” Anderson and No_bob [the world’s most famous stuffed dolphin]