When you die, what obituary are you hoping to receive?
Taking a leaf out of Parks and Rec’s Tom Haverford’s “Treat Yo’self” day and with inspiration from my wife, tbV [aka The Beautiful Val] we came up with this week’s game tag of #ObitYourself and as always everyone came to the party.
Super stoked to have Hashtag game legend Lisa Taylor aka @mseric co-hosting with me and she was an amazing co-host:
Her Twitterer bio has her as “Hashtag Warrior Princess, Awkward Weirdo.” It also tells us that she is “Co-host of @SmashtagWars and @SotallyToberHTs on the@HashtagRoundUp app”. But when i asked her for a bio, this is what Lisa had to say:
Lisa Taylor spends too much time on Twitter. She lives in Washington state and has never seen Jaws all the way through.
After last week’s surprising failure to hit the charts, we were right back there and Trending in Canada is starting to become as regular as our visits up the USA list so big shout out to all our players over there, ay?:
#1 USA & Canada #ObitYourself@afrikkinhashtag@mseric
— Hashtag Roundup (@HashtagRoundup) April 27, 2016
How do i decide if it’s been a successful game or not? Well the top category has to be if we’re visited by our favourite bot and this week we got some love from both our top bots so double points to us:
What’s the deal with #ObitYourself? Do you example me? Am I a finder? Am I an actual template? Just what am I?
— Seinfeld Bot (@TheSeinfeldBot) April 27, 2016
#ObitYourself. #ObitSchmourself…
— Bot? Schmot! (@BotSchmot) April 27, 2016
And SomeCards.com decided that we were fun enough to write their own little article about us, so thanks to them:
http://www.someecards.com/life/digital-life/twitter-hashtag-obituaries-obityourself/
As is our tradition we tried to create a platform you could do triple back flip somersaults of off:
Join @mseric and me as we prepare the words we’d like others to say about us once we’re gone in #ObitYourself
We thought this might be a fun game to give space for honest seriousness [and perhaps some true inward reflection]
but also the usual fun, clever, misdirectional and random banter. So i tried to lead the way with examples of both:
i honestly hope that when I die people will say that i loved God and people well, or tried to.
#ObitYourself
Before people start saying nice things about me at my funeral, i hope one of them makes sure i’m dead.
#ObitYourself
During my obituary I trust there will be no confusion as to my feelings towards raiSINs…
#ObitYourself
I honestly hope people will say about me that he tried to live life to the absolute fullest
#ObitYourself
Had to show this lady some love:
When I die I hope it will be said that I tried to love tbV @val_c_anderson to the best of my ability
#ObitYourself
Black Knight: I hope it will be said of me that I drew my final battle…
#ObitYourself @JohnCleese
May it be said that i was game for most things, but especially [real board] games. #HappyPlace
#ObitYourself
Lisa was so committed to this game that these are only a smattering of her contributions:
Skynet won #ObitYourself
— Lisa Lemon (@mseric) April 27, 2016
She wore a beanie in life and now she wears one in death. #ObitYourself
— Lisa Lemon (@mseric) April 27, 2016
Her only legacy was hashtag’s, so join us for a hashtag about Lisa Lemon after the service #ObitYourself
— Lisa Lemon (@mseric) April 27, 2016
The only blonde in her family, the shortest, but the only one who has never been arrested or a carnie #ObitYourself
— Lisa Lemon (@mseric) April 27, 2016
I hope she comes back as a platypus #ObitYourself
— Lisa Lemon (@mseric) April 27, 2016
Gave us some keen insight into her family there…
But we know you only came here for the knowledge of whether or not you are a genuine F.L.O.P.
and so without further much ado about nothing, here is last week’s:
FISH LIST OF PRIZEWORTHYNESS
i let Dreamweasel sneak this one in because it was a very clever play on how @AFrikkinHashtag
is a FAMILY game and so if i was dead, who would keep the rules?
Ha ha he’ll never read this we can say whatever we want now BOOBIES ha ha
— Dreamweasel (@Dreamweasel) April 27, 2016
Fungus showed great Celeverity [it’s a word!] in the location of his ‘e’
Drugs were my downfall…I took an e…..that’s the end of me #ObitYourself
— Fungus the Bogeyman (@bigstevie1967) April 27, 2016
Who focused on the finer things of life:
#ObitYourself
“He ate bacon, and was happy. Shorter-lived, but happy”@cali_cathy pic.twitter.com/HWo8fEfqQh— WhoBrannigan (@WhoBrannigan) April 27, 2016
Fungus was back with some PUNishment of his own:
I was found dead in Scottish national dress and police declared the cause as suicide. They concluded I kilt myself #ObitYourself
— Fungus the Bogeyman (@bigstevie1967) April 27, 2016
Craig discovered a good way to go:
He died of a Wednesday playing @AFrikkinHashtag #ObitYourself
— craig flynn (@craigflynn1) April 27, 2016
Who can always be counted on for some good… well… Who:
“She blinked” pic.twitter.com/N4DZt0B3KW
— WhoBrannigan (@WhoBrannigan) April 27, 2016
Jimmy anticipated some relief in his crowd:
FINALLY!! #ObitYourself @AFrikkinHashtag @mseric
— Jimmy (@HoorayBacon) April 27, 2016
Suitcase scored some random points and introduced a theme of “doing what he/she loved” posts:
He died doing what he loved, checking to see if that was a bear. #ObitYourself
— Suitcase of Awful (@FreshKnowsFresh) April 27, 2016
Sean was specific in his life goals:
He was an avid collector of bits of string.#ObitYourself @AFrikkinHashtag @mseric
— Sean Bomba (@sergebomba) April 27, 2016
Tal brought an inside joke involving the currency i pay my co-hosts:
He died as he lived; with a coffee in one hand and a bucketload of cheerful banter in the other…#ObitYourself
— TΔLIƩSΨΠE 2.0 (@Taliesyne) April 27, 2016
Tomorrow’s co-host Katt Funny [Whoohoo] gave us a taste of what we can expect:
Died doing what she loved- ignoring expiration dates on food.
— Katt Funny (@KattFunny) April 27, 2016
Gabe brought policy into his:
He was off the chain.
Quite literally, that’s why there’s a law with his name regarding roller coaster safety. #ObitYourself
— Gabe Winchester (@Pegaso_Saint) April 27, 2016
Kiel gave us all a warning:
I died doing what I loved. Writing my own obituary as I crossed a busy roa…#ObitYourself
— Kiel Phillips (@kiel_phillips) April 27, 2016
Ross was just trying to help:
#ObitYourself
He really wanted to fix the WiFi pic.twitter.com/3liAtANlX8— Ross Moorhouse (@RossMoorhouse) April 27, 2016
Jim got geographical:
#ObitYourself He proved that “No man is an island.” Especially in water that deep.
— Jim Nauseum (@jwgagne) April 27, 2016
While Gabe proved something we had long suspected:
He was a daredevil. He refused to forward mails, who knew they were real. #ObitYourself
— Gabe Winchester (@Pegaso_Saint) April 27, 2016
I really liked this one that helped us all to know who Jim really was:
Jimmy was a man. A man who did things. Things, many things, that were doable. He’ll be missed, I guess, but he’s dead. Bye Jim #ObitYourself
— Jimmy (@HoorayBacon) April 27, 2016
Donnie was just too good for this world:
#ObitYourself Spontaneously combusted from concentrated awesome
— Donnie Cooper (@dsilverback) April 27, 2016
Mad managed to find the silver lining:
Although he was beat to death with an impressive stick of pepperoni, he died with his dignity#ObitYourself
— TheMadShatter (@TheMadShattter) April 27, 2016
Who was back with more, um, well… Who:
#ObitYourself
It’s STILL the Moffat Era. Expect the deceased in tomorrow’s news alive and well.#DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/Dw1OvUok7m— WhoBrannigan (@WhoBrannigan) April 27, 2016
Gareth sobered us up a little:
worst game of hide and seek, ever! #ObitYourself
— Gareth Evans (@gareth0108) April 27, 2016
While Megan was not sure it could be done:
#ObitYourself… in 140 characters. Really?
— Megan Costello (@MeganCostell0) April 27, 2016
Ego Sum went scientific:
#ObitYourself he was last heard to remark, “I fancy some toast in the bath”
— Ego Sum Fortis (@HatedbyMorons) April 27, 2016
While Brian may have been a little adventurous for his own good:
#ObitYourself Mmm…I wonder if that Black Widow spider’s ticklish?
— Brian Curtis (@evokepotential) April 27, 2016
Austin echoed a fair number of people with this sadly ironic sentiment:
#ObitYourself Here lies a man under a mountain of student loans for a bachelors degree
— Austin (@littlesatan1974) April 27, 2016
Hälsa amused us with a number of very specific obituary entries:
He died doing what he loved, wrestling kangaroos on a trampoline to ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ by Journey.
— Hälsa Spöke (@smrzle) April 27, 2016
Craig brought out the obligatory Nickelback love:
He was last seen in a hells angel bar picking a Nickelback song on the jukebox #ObitYourself
— craig flynn (@craigflynn1) April 27, 2016
CL had this absolute classic to share:
@AFrikkinHashtag @mseric #ObitYourself pic.twitter.com/ozDUTD7jpn
— CanadianLass (@hgmackinnon) April 27, 2016
John wanted to be known for the finer things:
Braided bacon became his obsession, and also his eventual demise. #ObitYourself
— John Robb (@RealStirfryguy) April 27, 2016
A sad way to go indeed:
@AFrikkinHashtag @mseric #ObitYourself
She needed eyeglasses. She reached over to take a bite of cookie, but alas, it was dust.— CanadianLass (@hgmackinnon) April 27, 2016
Shellie finally got it right:
Lived everyday like it was her last and then it was. #ObitYourself
— Shellie (@dirtroaddiva1) April 27, 2016
Buddy did the experiment we have all attempted although maybe not to the same foolish extent:
#ObitYourself
I guess “Use By Aug. 2002” was more than a mere suggestion!— Buddy Self just (@BuddySaanGuy) April 27, 2016
Lucy had an obituary i could resonate with:
#ObitYourself
She was a passionate procrastinator
supposed to die like 8 years ago….
She put that off too— Lucy Deneen (@alphabet_doom) April 27, 2016
While Kenneth went a little higher grade:
“You be florist” is a perfect anagram of #Obityourself
— Kenneth McGrath (@planetofsound) April 27, 2016
Matt also scored some Clever and Misdirectional points:
#ObitYourself
Frustration with autocorrect finally took its toll and he died from a train aneurysm.— Matt Finish (@Roddy_MacEw) April 27, 2016
Jared found some unconventional ad opportunities:
Bring this obituary to Olive Garden for 20% off any appetizer #ObitYourself
— Jared Montana (@Jarmadillos) April 27, 2016
Oscar set his sights high:
#ObitYourself 3,055,867th funniest account on Twitter.
— Oscar Zoltano (@OscarZoltano) April 27, 2016
Cool Pope knows what he wants:
Made the Vatican great again. #ObitYourself
— Cool Pope Francis (@CoolPontifex) April 27, 2016
Haploid went out on a technicality:
#ObitYourself His last words: it’s poisonous not venomous gah! pic.twitter.com/tv5eEBVy70
— Your Haploid Heart (@IngSocBob) April 27, 2016
Hälsa was back with a distinct Jack Handeyesque charm:
Let it never be said of him that he didn’t look like a vagrant who snuck into an Oscar Party & stuffed napkins into his hat.
— Hälsa Spöke (@smrzle) April 27, 2016
Andy set his heights forwardish:
He excelled at mediocrity. #ObitYourself
— andy lassner (@andylassner) April 27, 2016
Hellen had this classic:
“…Although to be fair, the penguin just came out of nowhere…” #ObitYourself
— Hellen Bach (@TheHamsterIsDed) April 27, 2016
While Dave got us with this one:
He threw his hands in the air and waved them like he just didnt care. Who knew that was a mating call for killer bees. #ObitYourself
— Dave (@davewrightus) April 27, 2016
Frumious went where i would have gone if this was not my game:
The sort of man who would make a joke about “O! Bit yourself?” in this sort of tweet #ObitYourself
— FrumiousBandersnatch (@RichardGHWebber) April 27, 2016
Leftystrat took it too far once too many times:
#ObitYourself Finally said the wrong thing to the wrong person.
Took much longer than expected.— leftystrat (@leftyguitar1) April 27, 2016
Brian got cheeky [in the best of ways]:
#ObitYourself What am I, My own moon? Oh , I thought you said #OrbitYourself
— Brian Plaideau (@PhunPhactory) April 27, 2016
Deb brought some more PUNishment:
Poor thing fell into a vat of varnish and drowned.
She had a terrible death, but a lovely finish. #ObitYourself— darksidedeb (@darksidedeb) April 27, 2016
Nutella [Mmm…] waxed lyrical:
#ObitYourself
She just died in his arms tonight.
It must have been something he said.— Nutella and Chris (@HeyItsChris412) April 27, 2016
Colleen as well:
#ObitYourself
????
The Rhythm Finally Got Her— Colleen (@1morecolleen) April 27, 2016
Whereas panatang was thinking of the hereafter:
#ObitYourself
In lieu of flowers, “likes” may be sent to his personal Facebook page.— panatang (@pananarama) April 27, 2016
The PUNishment kept coming with Johnson taking it to new depths:
Once a prosperous grave digger, he is now buried in his work. #ObitYourself
— Rand ‘RJ’ Johnson (@ahordeofrand) April 27, 2016
Even the game got involved with this classic not family tag that somehow managed to stay family:
#ObitYourself His last word was a monosyllabic expletive. @afrikkinhashtag @mseric
— The Hashtag Game (@TheHashtagGame) April 27, 2016
Darly went in the worst of ways:
Wore hammer pants on an escalator. #ObitYourself
— Daryl Deliberately (@DarylONT) April 27, 2016
And Octopus took us to the tears [i mean not me, probably other people]:
“That’ll do pig” #ObitYourself
— Octopus/Caveman (@OctopusCaveman) April 27, 2016
Which brings us to the pinnacle, the Table Mountain so to speak, of this week’s tweets… and in case that doesn’t mean anything to you, then let me give you a glimpse of just where South Africa’s #1 Hashtagging Game is launched from every week:
Yup, that’s kinda where i live. Jealousy is a terrible thing…
TOP FOUR ON THE FISH LIST OF PRIZEWORTHYNESS FOR THIS WEEK ARE:
[4] Another classic from Hälsa which cracked me up for some reason:
Many people will say of him: He died wearing an unusual amount of trousers.
— Hälsa Spöke (@smrzle) April 27, 2016
[3] Mat the hat whose secret is finally out:
#ObitYourself It is sad he passed, but what a relief for the families of the 2,500 inspirational tweeters who were rescued from his cellar
— Mat the hat Mchobnob (@mwilliamson5014) April 27, 2016
[2] Nick, who was pretty accurate:
he died doing what he loved, breathing.
— I’m Nick I am (@AnnoGalactic) April 27, 2016
[1] This week’s F.L.O.P. #1 was Donnie who got cultural on us with this beauty:
We lost a good man today.
I hope you’re happy sharknado #ObitYourself— Donnie Cooper (@dsilverback) April 27, 2016
Thank you everybody for another incredible game with enough FUN, CLEVER, MISDIRECTIONAL and RANDOM [but related] to go around and thank you for the most part for keeping it FAMILY…
Final mention though must go to my most amazing co-hostess Lisa for this winner, which may take you that extra second to get:
She tried that at home #ObitYourself
— Lisa Lemon (@mseric) April 27, 2016
And we will see you all again on Wednesday at 12 noon South Africa time [6am EDT] when @KattFunny will be co-hosting along with tThe Unnameds and @BrettFishA
let’s keep the WIT in the TWITTERER!
love brett fish anderson
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