What happens after the dust clears? We asked you in our latest @AFrikkinHashtag game, #AsTheDustCleared, and this is what we found…
[The Story So Far: Every Wednesday at 12 noon South African time [6am EDT] an inspired and growing number of brilliant, creative and absolutely fun 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…]
This week we had Dave aka @BoneSnorkel in the co-hosting seat, which is not so much a seat as a half-deflated bean bag chair filled with leftover bubble wrap, but he didn’t seem to mind. And he was a great co-host so win-whinge. Or something.
We decided that #WhenTheDustCleared was a tag which could go in all sorts of directions…
And so we went for it, sending out the invites:
i’m not a bit fan of Trump tags cos come on already, but i was a little nervous this could easily become one. i was pleasantly surprised though cos there weren’t quite as many as i was anticipating. Seems you all had different kinds of settled dusts on the brain.
@bonesnorkel [you gotta love that name] was right on the money:
#AsTheDustCleared from Mt. St. Helens, I wondered, like all Americans, if there was any way I could profit from this. ASH FOR SALE!
— Dave Lyon (@bonesnorkel) January 11, 2017
#AsTheDustCleared I started thinking about my life. My dusty, dusty, dust filled life of dust.
— Dave Lyon (@bonesnorkel) January 11, 2017
#AsTheDustCleared I got up, put on my glasses and then, kind of fell apart pic.twitter.com/5dtvPDD2kk
— Dave Lyon (@bonesnorkel) January 11, 2017
And we definitely did some trending, although i don’t think i took down the specific stats for some reason:
@AFrikkinHashtag the 1st mention of #AsTheDustCleared appears on your TL. Now is Trending Topic in United States! #trndnl
— Trendinalia USA (@trendinaliaUS) January 11, 2017
But when was any of this for anything other than you guys and seeing if you made it on to this week’s F.L.O.P. list of Top Tweets or not…
FISH LIST OF PRIZEWORTHYNESS [F.L.O.P.]
Who got us started with a Matt Damon rescue mission [yes, ANOTHER one!]
https://twitter.com/WhoBrannigan/status/819136291786739712
Smitty had some housekeeping issues:
#AsTheDustCleared I could see, why everyone kept telling me, I needed to dust.
— Happy Potato 🇨🇦 (@TheOtownClown) January 11, 2017
Jayme believes in a little bit of encouragement:
#AsTheDustCleared you could no longer read the words “Dust Me” on the coffee table pic.twitter.com/KtxH3lfCUl
— ❤️ Jayme Really (@JaymeMcKenna) January 11, 2017
V had some Tinker in her Bell [i don’t even know what that means]:
#AsTheDustCleared the magic appeared. Welcome all ❤ pic.twitter.com/iabbofLlP3
— VeldLot🌷 (@VeldLot) January 11, 2017
While Big Tom beat us all to it:
#AsTheDustCleared Charlie Brown realised who was hugging him….he loved Pig-Pen ! pic.twitter.com/KZmw7ZGI4a
— Tom Vaughn (@shotalandia) January 11, 2017
Zenmeister freaked us all out a little bit with his creation:
#AsTheDustCleared, I realized that we now had a bunny. pic.twitter.com/87LUR9rMoM
— Tag Femmes (@TagFemmes) January 11, 2017
While Finch was learning a thing or two in the kitchen:
#AsTheDustCleared I realized that cooking with gunpowder was not quite the same as cooking with baking powder.
— finch (@mioscenic) January 11, 2017
Dreamweasel had a bit of a pet conundrum:
#AsTheDustCleared I wondered what the hell I was going to feed my pet termites now
— Dreamweasel (@Dreamweasel) January 11, 2017
While Jeff chose the path well travelled:
#AsTheDustCleared I realized I had one of two choices:
1. Run
2. Change the baby's poopy diaper*runs*
— Jeff Dwoskin (@bigmacher) January 11, 2017
John was having some scalp issues:
#AsTheDustCleared I decided perhaps it was time to use a medical shampoo.
— John Lane (@JohnFPLane) January 11, 2017
While Chortler was just completely out there scoring Random-but-related Points:
#AsTheDustCleared I found a small baby otter and named him Augustus. He answers to Gus and has an aversion to dust.
— Expert_Chortler (@Expert_Chortler) January 11, 2017
Line tried to focus on the silver lining:
#AsTheDustCleared I realized it could be worse, could be raining pic.twitter.com/PLojAahpvZ
— Like A Fine Line (@LikeAFineLine) January 11, 2017
While Tom made us all take a big step backwards and then slowly make our way towards the nearest exit:
#AsTheDustCleared i could finally see how deep my belly button was !
— Tom Vaughn (@shotalandia) January 11, 2017
Sirrruh has some Break issues:
https://twitter.com/Sirrruh/status/819137731938942977
Buck was facing lean times:
#asthedustcleared I reached in my wallet to pull out a dollar.
— Buck In Ears (@BuckInEars) January 11, 2017
Chantelle seemed a little bit in shock:
https://twitter.com/iRatherBHappy/status/819138143169474560
While RK was feeling the positive vibes:
#AsTheDustCleared the sun shined and the road ahead looked brighter and you just knew everything would just work out #wednesdaymotivation pic.twitter.com/N1bR9imrVw
— 🎶🖤🎧RK♠️♥️🇺🇸 (@HeartEyes4Brady) January 11, 2017
Rev Walker had still not caught that pesky bird:
#AsTheDustCleared I realized that I was in massive pain, still hadn't caught the Roadrunner, and would never buy an ACME product again.
— The Rev. J. Walker (@revjwalker) January 11, 2017
Suitcase seemed to be hosting a bit of a stand party:
https://twitter.com/FreshKnowsFresh/status/819138325474746369
While Andrew got all Sciencey on us:
#AsTheDustCleared and coalesced into moons, planets and stars, the Big Bang realized it had just made a terrible… https://t.co/YmikkKjktM
— Andrew Hiller (@AndrewHiller) January 11, 2017
Arnie was about to start sending out his resume again:
#asthedustcleared I realised my cleaning job probationary period hadn't gone as well as I'd hoped.
— Arnie Haybridge (@ArnieHaybridge) January 11, 2017
Kellie realised she had made it through a difficult chapter:
#AsTheDustCleared I was still standing, broken but alive
— kellie mcdonald (@kellielovesbook) January 11, 2017
Cooking Gal was remembering back to the good mimes:
#AsTheDustCleared it became apparent that mime dust is easier to clean than your dust… pic.twitter.com/Wi3thKIRE7
— 1cookinggal 🌻 (@1cookinggal) January 11, 2017
Daryl felt a moment of fatherly pride:
#AsTheDustCleared I noticed Sally swipe a watch from a zombie corpse. You're all grown up now Sally.
— Daryl Deliberately (@DarylALTA) January 11, 2017
Lisa was in revenge mode:
#AsTheDustCleared I thought wait til I find the bastard that did this…. pic.twitter.com/UluQHB9aLy
— lisa loft (@lisaloft1) January 11, 2017
Magic had to work on her Klepto problem:
#asthedustcleared I realised I'd walked a mile in someone else's shoes and forgotten to give them back. Oops!
— Just Like Magic She (@Fic_or_Die) January 11, 2017
Chris made a resolution:
#asthedustcleared I vowed never again to vacuum up live fireworks.
— ChrisP (@Wordsmithgetxo) January 11, 2017
Geoff found his happy ending:
#AsTheDustCleared it became apparent that I was wrong, and that everything in life did work out great in the end. It just took #perspective pic.twitter.com/WiWASbNtlB
— Geoff Clark (@geoffreyclark37) January 11, 2017
April discovered what really mattered, and who:
#AsTheDustCleared I learned who my real friends were… pic.twitter.com/tn4X54JBBg
— April Cronin (@amcronin87) January 11, 2017
Steven hoped he had kept the receipt:
#AsTheDustCleared I realised I'd bought a leaf blower instead of a vacuum cleaner.
— Steven (@steve_d24) January 11, 2017
Kevin seemed to be having a blast:
#AsTheDustCleared I realized the Acme fuse was exceptionally fast-acting. pic.twitter.com/aX4KPOOlJH
— Kevin (@kevinwxgg) January 11, 2017
While other Kevin as well, but in a very different way:
#AsTheDustCleared it became quickly apparent that the "Cinnamon Challenge" was a bad idea pic.twitter.com/JYnuF2Qjbc
— Kevin Sharkey (@kshark001) January 11, 2017
So many great tweets and those are only some of the ones we managed to grab… but there were a few that rose to the top of this tweet pile and become this week’s:
F.L.O.P. THREE
[3] Kenneth took a moment to regroup:
#AsTheDustCleared I could see the wildebeest disappearing into the vastness of the Serengeti, I tended to my hoof wounds
— Kenneth Reading (@KennethReading) January 11, 2017
[2] Derecho was in for a pleasant and fortuitous surprise:
#AsTheDustCleared I knew Superman had to be destroyed…Unless of course, our Moms happen to share the same first name. pic.twitter.com/a11T3SoCBL
— Derecho Petrichor (@zoomboom100) January 11, 2017
[1] And this week’s TOP F.L.O.P. goes to Geoff reminded us to make every moment count:
#AsTheDustCleared and the bodies are buried….regret is the only real loss in life you can not recover from🤔 pic.twitter.com/nSDFJKSEgH
— Geoff Clark (@geoffreyclark37) January 11, 2017
THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYBODY for playing and big shout out to @bonesnorkel and The UnNamed Ones for once again making a super fun game come together. We can’t do this thing without community and especially appreciate all our long-time players and fans but also love having new people play the game for the first time and hope we will see you again.
After all @AFrikkinHashtag happens every single Wednesday as well as every dating and married with or without children Wednesday as well – at 1pm South African time and 6am EST. Let’s continue to keep the WIT in the Twitterer.
Til next time
love brett fish and No_bob [the world’s most famous stuffed dolphin]
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