For Louis Armstrong it was trees of green and red rose as well that made him come to the conclusion that he was looking at a Wonderful World. We decided to draft in a Canadian in the form of Christian Fletcher aka @Darth_pingu who we had had our eye on for a long time [great tweetmeister] to help us see what might help us draw that same conclusion… and he did not disappoint…
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…]
We sent out an invite and gave some examples:
Tell us what for you #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld ? With @Darth_Pingu & @BrettFishA and The UnNamed Ones on @HashtagRoundup
[Also just to note that all of those faces in the pic are former co-hosts of the Afrikkin Hashtag game who will be joining together to take part in our Two Year Anniversary game next week – DON’T MISS THAT ONE!!!]
We know Fletch is amazing and he quickly showed us why:
Friends, Family, loved ones, and various other assorted clichés #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld
— Christian Fletcher🍁 (@Darth_Pingu) July 26, 2017
Laughter #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld pic.twitter.com/W9uVSMQ4pU
— Christian Fletcher🍁 (@Darth_Pingu) July 26, 2017
Being surrounded by majestic scenery #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld pic.twitter.com/qRgZ8bn2L5
— Christian Fletcher🍁 (@Darth_Pingu) July 26, 2017
And as small a fan of Donald Trump tweets as i am, this one just HAD to have its place:
Despite the constant negative press, covfefe #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld pic.twitter.com/6ToMWyiJT9
— Christian Fletcher🍁 (@Darth_Pingu) July 26, 2017
We trended a lot and had some of our favourite bots pay us a visit [yep, we have favourite bots, we are THAT weird]
Top 5:
1: #WednesdayWisdom +1
2: #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld +1
3: #NetflixNeeds -2
4: #DeclaraRajoyARV
5: #ThingsImNeverLivingDown— TRENDS5USA (@Trends5USA) July 26, 2017
#MakesThisAWonderfulWorld #MakesThisAWonderfulSchmorld…
— Bot? Schmot! (@BotSchmot) July 26, 2017
What's the deal with #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld? Do you sense me? Am I a day? Am I an actual pistachio? Just what am I?
— Seinfeld Bot (@TheSeinfeldBot) July 26, 2017
Blurp. #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld
— Fish (@ARedFishy) July 26, 2017
And we know we are doing well when we get our bot tune for the game:
#MakesThisAWonderfulWorld is trending right now. Here's its tune! https://t.co/WsBjtQnpUG
— Trending Tunes (@trending__tunes) July 26, 2017
We had some fun folks stop by to play like the Bristol Motor Speedway:
Night Racing at Bristol #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld 🏁 #ItsBristolBaby pic.twitter.com/5OYMg3KbbQ
— BristolMotorSpeedway (@BMSupdates) July 26, 2017
Chicago Shakespeare brought the romance:
#MakesThisAWonderfulWorld Surprise proposals onstage! 😍😍 pic.twitter.com/2iDEfSPYrw
— Chicago Shakespeare (@chicagoshakes) July 26, 2017
We loved that the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society dropped by:
Tell us what #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld using #SomedayisToday for a RT!
— LLSusa (@LLSusa) July 26, 2017
And the always adorable Chaka Khan, who is becoming quite the regular tag playing queen:
Bringing joy 2 your own life as well as the lives of others #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld. Do your part each day!! #WednesdayWisdom pic.twitter.com/AaZZnTP58N
— Chaka Khan (@ChakaKhan) July 26, 2017
But we do know that you didn’t just stop by for those people. Did you make this week’s TOP TWEETS list? Only one way to find out [well maybe two ways if i tagged you for being in this list]… and a reminder that we focus on FAMILY friendly tweets so thank you for always sticking to those and our main pillars for this particular game are tweets that are FUN, CLEVER, MISDIRECTIONAL, RANDOM [but related] and PUNNY… and of all the ones we saw, here are those that made it on to this week’s
FISH LIST OF PRIZEWORTHYNESS [aka F.L.O.P.]
So many great suggestions for this game and our longest – i believe – list of TOP F.L.O.P.s at the bottom so well done everyone…
Jess started us off with some teacher-kissing-up but we are totally down with that cos it is true:
Hashtag games.. and beer.. #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld
— Jess Selleck (@jlsell24) July 26, 2017
Barry’s was a super impressive feat except that the guy had tea instead of coffee which must have been a mistake:
#MakesThisAWonderfulWorld
Double dipping 😉 pic.twitter.com/X4gmaweJhd— Barry Walsh (@Danzig303) July 26, 2017
It’s tweets like this one from Mark that will get you invited to co-host an AFH game as Mark is this very day:
BACON #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld pic.twitter.com/SjMoFpYlh4
— 🤘MARK (@westy2112) July 26, 2017
While G Bear brought all of the awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww:
Believing in fairies #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld pic.twitter.com/Ng7IG9PsEm
— Geraldine ✒ (@overheavenshill) July 26, 2017
Cameron was all about the bird flew #ISeeWhatIDidThere:
Video games
#MakesThisAWonderfulWorld pic.twitter.com/tyN8jw514y— Cameron Grant (@coolcam101) July 26, 2017
While my nemesis K Dawg clearly had me in mind with this post, or at least the associated gif:
Friends #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld pic.twitter.com/tcbA20BLA1
— Kerry Ghostedder (@KeshaTeddy) July 26, 2017
Rebel was being less of himself and more conformative with this one:
Trees of green and red roses too. #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld
— Rebel With A Cause (@tequilarebel) July 26, 2017
While Rob was just pure gratitude, echoed by so many of us:
The fact that someone tasted a coffee bean, didn't immediately spit it out & decided to try it as a beverage #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld pic.twitter.com/9qWgL6mLZe
— Rob (@GenericZA) July 26, 2017
John looked back into his time-travelling past for the answer:
The fact I had Tom Baker #DoctorWho underpants when I was 7 #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld
— John Lane (@JohnFPLane) July 26, 2017
While Craig took a moment to truly be blown away by the world we live in:
Connecting with people from all over the world with nothing but an app #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld
— craig onetweetwonder (@craigflynn1) July 26, 2017
Metalhanded had an overall general vibe:
Appreciating its wonder #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld
— metalhanded (@metalhanded) July 26, 2017
While Tom was all over the place:
Life, consciousness, and indoor plumbing #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld
— Tom Malvaso (@TomMalvaso) July 26, 2017
Stan with another reminder why i should not have children:
Spending quality time with Dad 👀 #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld @AFrikkinHashtag pic.twitter.com/O8VTQoXnV9
— Stan Drews (@phizzwhizz) July 26, 2017
Ashley has a great combo going:
Coffee and books ☕️📚 #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld pic.twitter.com/ZKWtfWPtxo
— Ashley 🐰 (@electricashley) July 26, 2017
While Richard could not be Moss-taken:
A Nice Tnetennba#MakesThisAWonderfulWorld pic.twitter.com/cMTADotoH7
— Richard H (@FeeBooths) July 26, 2017
While Don’t Think So did think it was all about the ice-cream… and the dancing…
Ice cream dance party #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld pic.twitter.com/IWfB56JLod
— Dont Thinkso (@DontThinkso555) July 26, 2017
Rob was seeing the humour lining in the clouds:
The fact that we have a creator with a sense of humour who planted upside down trees in Africa aka the Baobab #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld pic.twitter.com/XMtmYvsQDC
— Rob (@GenericZA) July 26, 2017
While V was right on the money with this beautiful creation:
Streetart #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld pic.twitter.com/F94T0VR8E7
— VeldLot🌷 (@VeldLot) July 26, 2017
Gurcharan kept it simple but so profound:
The ability to make somebody smile #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld
— Gurcharan (@Gurcharan247) July 26, 2017
While Daryl was very specific about his bees:
#MakesThisAWonderfulWorld Honey bees! Not like those maple syrup bees that don't even exist. 😒
— Daryl Deliberately (@DarylALTA) July 26, 2017
Zukisani brought the family vibes #FinishedRightThere:
Spend time with your kids and … #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld pic.twitter.com/BzLlc0GipK
— Zukisani Zamela (@zukisani_zamela) July 26, 2017
Darren gave us a sad but cheerful reminder:
The art Robin Williams left behind #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld pic.twitter.com/CgIw3h7zkL
— Darren Carter (@DarrenCarter) July 26, 2017
While B news was feeling particularly fiendish:
That special feeling you get when you see someone else drop their ice cream cone #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld
— Brainstain News (@BrainstainNews) July 26, 2017
Could not agree more with Mummy’s Boy on this one:
#MakesThisAWonderfulWorld black twitter
— mummy's boy (@kat_mo4keng_1) July 26, 2017
While St. Simeon showed that he is no fool:
Trees of green? Check.
Red roses too? Check.
They bloom for me and you? Check.
I guess that #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld!— St Simeon the Fool (@SimeonTheFool) July 26, 2017
And this snuck through our family censor vibes just because it is so darn clever and would be amazing:
An app that turns all dick pics into duck pics. #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld pic.twitter.com/7qR7nJmhwH
— Damn Halliwell (@DamnedtoHall) July 26, 2017
So a lot of truly amazing tweets and yet still TWELVE that stood out above them all, so especially well done for those of you who made it into our F.L.O.P. ELEVEN:
[11] Shomah was brief but effective #ImagineThatWorld:
Less Politics, more nerdy stuff! #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld
— I ❤ SOB NFL Players (@ShomahKhoobi) July 26, 2017
[10] Nicki slayed the coach with this incredible one:
Strong role models, girl power and an awesome sense of humor #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld 😊#WednesdayWisdom pic.twitter.com/yVJ9X8tXkf
— Nicki (@nickiknowsnada) July 26, 2017
[9] Cheryl brought the clear Misdirection to the party:
Cocktails …. #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld pic.twitter.com/0RRYo70XtZ
— Cheryl Rick Klein (@cherylt2000) July 26, 2017
[8] Jez Bayes was too clever or had too much time on his hands and despite being challenged he fought back strongly:
@BrettFishA
A combination of an A, 2 Ds, an E, an F, an H, an I, 2 Ls, an N, 2 Os, 2 Rs, an S, a T, a U and 2 Ws #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld— Jez Bayes (@UnhappyHippy) July 26, 2017
[7] While Big White K spoke for so many of us:
That one song that brings back a great memory. #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld@AFrikkinHashtag
— Big White Kahuna (@BWK_72) July 26, 2017
[6] John tends to make the Random [but related] points his own and this is an absolute winner in that regard:
Filling a sock with porridge #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld!
— John Lane (@JohnFPLane) July 26, 2017
[5] While Colleen only needed one word and a description to gain this spot:
Kindness #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld pic.twitter.com/Uj577dclZZ
— Colleen O (@ravensky311) July 26, 2017
[4] D reminded us of the brilliance to be found in diversity:
Individuality and cultural diversity#MakesThisAWonderfulWorld – how sad it would be if we were all the same?
— D. Fective (@deedles420) July 26, 2017
[3] Daryl pondered a world where we can think differently and gently at the same time:
When you treat those you disagree with kindly instead of with scathing anger it #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld
— Daryl Deliberately (@DarylALTA) July 26, 2017
[2] Richard had a great winner and then a sly misdirectional all in one…
Ok… and Paul too…. pic.twitter.com/A4UfYIaZt6
— Richard H (@FeeBooths) July 26, 2017
[1] While Garlic Pimpernel snatched this one from everyone else with this timeless truth:
Making your own hot tub bubbles #MakesThisAWonderfulWorld
— Garlic Pimpernel (@TeflonBili) July 26, 2017
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