What would YOUR UnOlympic event be?
[The Story So Far: Every Wednesday at 12 noon South African time [6am EDT] an inspired and growing number of crazy people from all around the world take part in what is called a Hashtag game. @AFrikkinHashtag [say it out loud] is South Africa’s #1 Hashtag game and is always a lot of fun. The F.L.O.P. [or Fish List Of Prizeworthyness] is the collection of some of the best tweets from each week’s game and is what all seriously comedic Hashtaggers aspire to…]
So let’s not waste a moment in getting to the fact that last week’s tag made it on to The View. That’s right, Sister Act herself, Whoopi Goldberg, read out the hashtag i had come up with [in a way that let us know it made absolutely no sense to her – ha ha!] and the women had a little fun with it. If you missed that, you can catch up over here:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe . . . @JoyVBehar says “talking!” https://t.co/IuTLvqo7J2
— The View (@TheView) June 1, 2016
It was a REALLY successful game and a lot of that was due to having a great tag and a super amazing co-host in CK @charley_ck14 who had some of the most popular tweets in the game. Thank you CK for bringing your magic.
In fact her Gym-nap-stics tweet was quite possibly the most popular tweet of the game, scoring huge with all the judges:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe
Gym-nap-stics @AFrikkinHashtag pic.twitter.com/KBQs8RHttD— CK (@charley_ck14) June 1, 2016
As always there is a group who call themselves Unnamed Ones who work hard to make @AFrikkinHashtag the amazing game that it is and we are super grateful for them. Buckets of Cheerful Banter for everyone!
Not to forget the @HashtagRoundup app which is the best way to stay connected to all of the Hashtag games that are happening. And it’s absolutely FREE. So if you have not downloaded that yet, make sure you make a plan.
MY UNOLYMPIC EVENT
This week’s game was all about recognising those special talents and skills we have in various areas of our lives that aren’t at this point recognised as Olympic Events and the question that if there was such a thing as the UnOlympics, which event would you excel at?
As per usual i helped things get started:
If there was a world event for creative leg tans, i’m pretty sure i’d be in with a shot. #MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe
And on we went.
We always know it is a good game when @SeinfeldBot comes to play:
What’s the deal with #MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe? Do you eye me? Am I Jobs? Am I an actual ring? Just what am I?
— Seinfeld Bot (@TheSeinfeldBot) June 1, 2016
And once again we soared to the top of the pile in the USA:
#1 USA #MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe hosted by @afrikkinhashtag @charley_ck14 @BrettFishA
— Hashtag Roundup (@HashtagRoundup) June 1, 2016
Tv Personality Katie Linendoll graced the game with this great tweet and bonus points for Spaceballs reference:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe Combing the desert pic.twitter.com/xb6jJpLLZf
— Katie Linendoll (@KatieLinendoll) June 1, 2016
Whereas Paige Mayo, better known as professional wrestling personality SoCalVal dropped in with her speciality:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe : Competitive Scarf Shopping pic.twitter.com/jktBKzly8G
— $oCalVal (@SoCalValerie) June 1, 2016
We love it when Star Wars comes to play and they didn’t disappoint with this classic:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe Freestyle Sarlacc Pit Diving pic.twitter.com/oiXPxjjV9z
— Star Wars PR (@StarWarsPR) June 1, 2016
NFL on NBC stopped by to demonstrate their skills:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe hitting jet-ski’s in stride (via @BGShaneBuechele) pic.twitter.com/WItrwMgbBX
— NFLonNBC (@SNFonNBC) June 1, 2016
Not once but twice:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe Growing and Maintaining an incredible beard pic.twitter.com/e6grXi6BeD
— NHL on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports) June 1, 2016
Even Netflix showed up and i have to admit, well played Netflix:
Now this is just too easy. #MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe
— Netflix US (@netflix) June 1, 2016
NBC, not to be outdone, stated the obvious with:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe watching TV. ? pic.twitter.com/dvGyP7CPPQ
— NBC (@nbc) June 1, 2016
And Mr Owl Tootsie Pops used creative advertising to tag a ride with our game
[which we love and any time you want to sponsor the whole game, call me]:
#MyUnolympicEventWouldBe seeing who can get to the center of a Tootsie Pop in the shortest amount of licks ??? pic.twitter.com/xNqAITFlBJ
— Mr. Owl❤Tootsie Pops (@MrOwl) June 1, 2016
And Church’s Chicken got creative with their plug:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe the Double Drumstick Reverse Dive.
— Church’s Chicken (@ChurchsChicken) June 1, 2016
So guests and celebs and merchandisers galore and we really dig it that you all played our game. Come back this coming Wednesday…
We even had someone write an article on the game.
And made it onto the Twitterer Moments for a 5th time:
THEY CALL HER CHARLEY
Back to the game, my co-host CK was dazzling us with her UnOlympic skills and she had many:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe the Stare Master pic.twitter.com/H4ktPNjY5v
— CK (@charley_ck14) June 1, 2016
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe
Rock-Paper-Scissors@AFrikkinHashtag pic.twitter.com/RfoMXlTCbv— CK (@charley_ck14) June 1, 2016
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe Drunken Hide-n-Seek Competition @AFrikkinHashtag pic.twitter.com/rSzStGUtMa
— CK (@charley_ck14) June 1, 2016
AND THEN THERE WAS ALL OF YOU
But we know that the only reason you scrolled so far down was to see if you made it on to this week’s FISH LIST OF PRIZEWORTHYNESS or F.L.O.P. and with thousands of tweets in the game we clearly missed some good ones along the way, but these are some of the tweets that appealed to us the most and so here is this week’s
FISH LIST OF PRIZEWORTHYNESS [The Oscars of the Hashtagging Games]
First up is our friend Nish and her lounging skills:
Who reaches the remote first!! #MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe pic.twitter.com/VIpB5zUoWD
— NishBlack (@NishaNazim) June 1, 2016
Sigg was all about the lean:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe Leaning pic.twitter.com/sJVLn9DkBn
— Sigg Has No IG (@HipHopSig) June 1, 2016
Clanks has a skill so many of us could use:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe kitchen cupboard tupperware jenga @charley_ck14
— Clanks 9.3. … (@JustEfin_Clanky) June 1, 2016
Dreamweasel got punny:
@AFrikkinHashtag OKhttps://t.co/3QERjDZgk8
— Dreamweasel (@Dreamweasel) June 1, 2016
Amithab philosophical:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe Jumping to Conclusions
— Amithab Kasiparsad (@AmithabK) June 1, 2016
Our favourite Bunni chose an event many of us would be up for:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe the 100m dash to the corner shop before it closes… pic.twitter.com/CM6wHtSQXc
— Bunniboila (@bunniboila) June 1, 2016
While Havana kept hers modest:
How fast can I write a better tweet than everyone else. #MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe pic.twitter.com/awMvTED1v7
— Havana Green (@HavanaGreen1) June 1, 2016
Doc scored on Misdirection [you know us and misdirection]:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe drawing…conclusions
— Doc (@DocDarnell) June 1, 2016
While Veldlot brought her Dutch skills:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe cheese running (thank you @AFrikkinHashtag ) pic.twitter.com/x3Rbigvu1t
— Veldlot (@veldlot) June 1, 2016
While Grendel [as we call her] claimed she had this in the bag [we are doubtful]:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe fastest chocolate eater ? pic.twitter.com/zXsfAeB00n
— Gretel Armstrong (@SugarGretel) June 1, 2016
Hag introduced an event i would be up for:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe Singing the Wrong Lyrics to a Song @AFrikkinHashtag @charley_ck14 pic.twitter.com/iynT6ezl56
— Hag_on_the_Hill (@hag_on) June 1, 2016
Gee named an event there would be so many disqualifications for:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe who can put their phone down next to them without looking at it the longest !
— gee singh (@geesingh1) June 1, 2016
Meanwhile Doc was busy scoring Cleverness points:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe whelming
— Doc (@DocDarnell) June 1, 2016
Joe had possibly the creepiest offering [which we love and want to see video footage of]:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe combing people’s hair in the middle of night, without waking them up.
— Joe (@PhantomNuts) June 1, 2016
Ben picked another event we would be great at:
The pretending I didn’t see you at the shopping centre #MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe
— Bensworld (@Benie_ben) June 1, 2016
Zen disturbed us just a little bit with this:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe the catapole. pic.twitter.com/Sv3c313XJp
— ☯ Zen Rand ☯ (@ZenRand) June 1, 2016
Grendel was back with this winner:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe playing with bubble wrap pic.twitter.com/b4PARPFOyd
— Gretel Armstrong (@SugarGretel) June 1, 2016
Although she clearly has competition:
Bubble Wrap Sumo Wrestling #MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe pic.twitter.com/65VSJYcPiQ
— Karen (@Theville5Karen) June 1, 2016
Nick is feeling confident in his skill at:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe Shenanigans.
— I’m Nick I am (@AnnoGalactic) June 1, 2016
While Christopher was maybe in it for self-preservation:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe Holding Breath While Being Crop Dusted
— Mr. Christopher (@iamalmostlegend) June 1, 2016
Loved this offering from AD:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe rock-scissors-paper pic.twitter.com/joHLmSvpdU
— amateurdancer (@amateurdancer) June 1, 2016
Gabe’s event was the overshare?:
Informative decathlon #MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe pic.twitter.com/3bZkFA7O6N
— Gabe Winchester (@Pegaso_Saint) June 1, 2016
Ryan didn’t show much confidence in his Twittering:
#myunolympiceventwouldbe Tweeting into the wind
— Ryan (@ryanfield) June 1, 2016
While Ian would probably have to meet my wife in the finals of this one:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe
Extreme Snooze Buttoning— Ian F. Hood (@IanFHood) June 1, 2016
Sonny would have a lot of competition:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe Find my keys.
— Sonny Wright (@DiscOfTron) June 1, 2016
Jay brought the puns:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe
Poll Voting— Jay (@Jay1972Jay) June 1, 2016
Daniel brought some special skills:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe Fitting the car into tight parking spaces pic.twitter.com/04Pkdiu0bM
— Daniel Ashley (@DanielAshley13) June 1, 2016
Jessica introduced the dramatic toe stub:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe surely to stub my toe and react so dramatically to it ? pic.twitter.com/EmXm8683mh
— Jessica Carberry (@Jessberrie) June 1, 2016
Michael was thinking reverse psychology:
Troll trolling #MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe
— R&O (@MichaelRCornell) June 1, 2016
Another of our favourite’s [yup, we have them] was Abed with:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe Extreme couch sitting pic.twitter.com/tBKPSaEK6g
— TheWalkingAbed (@TheWalkingAbed) June 1, 2016
Tish would also have some serious competition:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe
Hoarder Jenga— Tish Eastman (@L8chronotype) June 1, 2016
While Hey! Jude has a skill i certainly don’t have #AlthoughYouSawWhatIDidThere:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe put the cover on the duvet
— Jude Dickson (@JudithDickson15) June 1, 2016
G gets points for this name alone:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe Tai Kwon Doze
— G (@guilstevenson) June 1, 2016
S Kempe brought the soundless laugh:
Laughing til I make no sound. #MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe
— S Kempe (@Ladyboones) June 1, 2016
Amanda dropped our jaws:
The Plunger Race #MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe (it was quite fun) pic.twitter.com/CjhjDynvUF
— Amanda Valentino (@Lint_Remover) June 1, 2016
Puppits flipped our minds:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe synchronized Stormtrooper dancing… pic.twitter.com/jPUwzsGhGt
— puppits (@BunchOfPuppits) June 1, 2016
Matty brought back childhood slash last week memories:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe running up the down escalator.
— Meddlesome Matty (@LIntrepid) June 1, 2016
The Joshmeister threatened:
Atomic Wedgies#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe pic.twitter.com/TBusVqMBiv
— joshingstern (@joshingstern) June 1, 2016
While Hilarity brought us, well, hilarity:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe log breaking pic.twitter.com/N3NUpiVCRY
— Outrageous Hilarity (@outrageous74) June 1, 2016
Tyler was into recycling:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe Dumpster Diving
— Wright Tyler (@TheWrightTyler) June 1, 2016
Whereas Trevor got dangerous:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe
Trying to act interested as my wife shops for clothes.. pic.twitter.com/SWuRmnTx7N— Trevor Jones (@TGJones_62) June 1, 2016
Meredith brought the shopping:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe DEFINITELY be the “Fitting Room 500” – gotta try on 500 outfits in UNDER 5 hours! ? pic.twitter.com/7zs2avalaI
— Meredith Silverman (@archangelcrew) June 1, 2016
And Thomzên with his classic:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe Rolling confidently in the Deep
— Thomzên (@tzenegg) June 1, 2016
Which brings us to this week’s TOP F.L.O.P.S and these really were a little cut above the rest:
F.L.O.P. FIVE
[5] Elisa got us right in the puns:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe the Slipped Discus pic.twitter.com/XK63nZdXjw
— Elisa (@poolgoddess918) June 1, 2016
[4] Hälsa scored huge with the Slalomi:
The Slalomi. It’s just skiing around giant sticks of cured dried sausage.
— Hälsa Spöke (@smrzle) June 1, 2016
[3] Dem made us all feel this even as we read it:
Stepping on a Lego in the middle of the night, and trying to stay quiet when you scream so you won’t wake the kids. #MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe
— Super Dem (@doogie4215) June 1, 2016
And i just realised it should have been F.L.O.P. 6 but that doesn’t rhyme so TIED IN SECOND PLACE:
[2] Mad with this great pun:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe the troll vault
— TheMadShatter (@TheMadShattter) June 1, 2016
[2] Andy with this clever and to the point:
#MyUnOlympicEventWouldBe Brevity
— Andy Wilson (@Andymakes) June 1, 2016
[1] But John is this week’s F.L.O.P. winner hands down with this beauty:
Synthesised Schwimming pic.twitter.com/s16YsKGbvz
— John Leyton (@JLeytonNGTP) June 1, 2016
Well done to John @JLeytonNGTP and my amazing co-hostess CK @charley_ck14, to the six F.L.O.P. fives and to everyone who made the F.L.O.P. list or who just played the game with us. That was definitely one of the most fun games we have had.
This week we have first timer Aricka @Aricka_Shuck co-hosting and we are looking forward to that. She was a top F.L.O.P. two weeks running and asked if she could host and what could i say to that but “Absolutely!”
The game is going to be all about us imagining our old selves looking back and explaining the world today to the people of tomorrow, so make sure you don’t miss it.
Thank you for helping make @AFrikkinHashtag the fun and FAMILY-friendly game it is. We especially love it when you bring the FUNNY and CLEVER and MISDIRECTIONAL and RANDOM [but related] which you do week by week so don’t stop. Let’s keep the WIT in the Twitterer. Have an amazing rest of week.
love brett fish and the team behind @AFrikkinHashtag and always the @HashtagRoundup app.
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