Who was the first person to look at the udders of a cow and think to themselves, “Let me squeeze those and drink whatever comes out!”? And more importantly perhaps, what else had they tried before that? #RedBull
[The Story So Far: Every Wednesday at 1pm South African time [6am EST] 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’d been watching @ItsHelenT for a while, not in a stalkery way, but in a we-appreciate-those-tweets kind of way, and so we were super amped when she agreed to co-host with us.
Taking that initial cow question we wondered what other experiments might have happened and what Nature Food Experiments did not make it to the table…
So we sent out an invite and some examples:
It's common knowledge that for hundreds of years, raiSINs were made as a joke, until one fateful day…#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut pic.twitter.com/7yvXavXyfV
— Brett FISH Anderson (@BrettFishA) November 1, 2017
Join @BrettFishA and @ItsHelenT as they take a look at some #NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut on the @HashtagRoundup pic.twitter.com/6SFREHSq3p
— A Frikkin Hashtag (@AFrikkinHashtag) November 1, 2017
And Helen quickly made an appearance on to the board with Pun points for days:
Bee Lime Pie – the initial buzz didn't last… #NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut
— Hel-o Tweeps 🙂 (@ItsHelenT) November 1, 2017
#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut
Giraffe Milkers quickly gave up after discovering what a pain in the neck it was— Hel-o Tweeps 🙂 (@ItsHelenT) November 1, 2017
Sunday Roast Pelican – diners found they ended up with a big bill #NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut
— Hel-o Tweeps 🙂 (@ItsHelenT) November 1, 2017
And then there were all of you, combining your forces of creativity and possible what might have been a confession or two to come up with this week’s:
FISH LIST OF PRIZEWORTHYNESS
Jimish started us off with this graphic description:
Wine From The Swine#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut
— Jimish (@jimishbathia) November 1, 2017
While Barry had no idea why his didn’t take off:
#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut
Dodo donuts
Was huge one time and then just died down and now I can't find then— Jalbeardzi, The Typo Pirate Yaarrrr (@Danzig303) November 1, 2017
Not even the Dutch could make this one work:
#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut Crodile tears beer pic.twitter.com/HoYxfy2A5U
— VeldLot🌷 (@VeldLot) November 1, 2017
While this one from Tali had us gasping for air:
First we remove the inedible core, leaving the skin which can then be shredded upon a thick, pan crust base#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut pic.twitter.com/YTwCH6TSQo
— Sir Taliesyne (@Taliesyne) November 1, 2017
Soulcandy had one i don’t think i’ve ever even considered:
#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut rose thorns
— soulcandy (@soulcandyd) November 1, 2017
While K Dawg had a not so startling revelation:
#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut Peepsi. People prefer coke over pee.
— Kerry Tedder (@KeshaTedder) November 1, 2017
Trust John to go there:
Yak sputum smoothies.#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut
— John Lane (@JohnFPLane) November 1, 2017
V had a classic that came so so close:
#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut Artichokelate
— VeldLot🌷 (@VeldLot) November 1, 2017
pH1 offered a recipe passed down for generations:
#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut
Bee Soup pic.twitter.com/LFUwhQfz5D— ▪️pH1▪️ (@pH1Online) November 1, 2017
Tyler managed to find a way to make jerky even more undesirable [this coming from a biltong man]:
#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut Tree Bark Jerky.
— Tyler Thomas (@EvansHemsPratt) November 1, 2017
With Melissa also making some waves with that theme:
#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut
Goldfish Jerky— Melissa💫 (@melissacarole33) November 1, 2017
Ross entered the fray with another classic:
#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut
Baked bees pic.twitter.com/NGb1qciV17— Ross Moorhouse (@RossMoorhouse) November 1, 2017
While it felt like John was really reaching here:
Brussels sprouts ice-cream sundae.#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut
— John Lane (@JohnFPLane) November 1, 2017
Melissa suggested this delicacy:
#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut
Lizard Liver— Melissa💫 (@melissacarole33) November 1, 2017
While Patch squeaked this one in:
#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut Mice Cream
— DM (@patchdennizen) November 1, 2017
Geoff’s suggestion felt like it came from experience:
Pine cones are nowhere near as tasty as they sound. #NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut
— Geoff Clark (@geoffreyclark37) November 1, 2017
Tali was back with a more exotic styled dish:
Hemlock and Deadly Nightshade salad with arsenic aioli#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut pic.twitter.com/Wgmw3CQdiH
— Sir Taliesyne (@Taliesyne) November 1, 2017
While Cool Chris proved a killer with this cereal:
#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut
Serengeti-o's— CoolChris_007 (@CoolChris_007) November 1, 2017
Off the cuff didn’t seem to realise that all dates are bad dates [works with raiSINs too!]
#naturefoodsthatdidntmakethecut bad Dates 😉 pic.twitter.com/H3zGNRFwbs
— OffTheCuff (@0ffTh3Cuff) November 1, 2017
Cath scores some clever points for this grab:
#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut
Pepsi koala— Cath-C 💕✨💕 (@5Sunbeams) November 1, 2017
While Cooking Gal made our noses turn up at this suggestion:
#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut
Butteredflies— 1cookinggal 👩🍳🍰 (@1cookinggal) November 1, 2017
It’s tough with a game like this because the good suggestions at the same time are so bad [cos that’s the point, right?] and so well done for being so bad and gross and weird everyone. But turns out there was badder, grosser and weirder as we shall see in this week’s F.L.O.P. FIVE
[5] Dogma brought some shade:
#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut
Locally-Grown🌳Shadow-Free Edibles 🍃🌾🌱🌿🙄@AFrikkinHashtag 🌱🍃🌿🌾@TheSimpsons @EverySimpsons @QuipShtick pic.twitter.com/rghiK5f2Qq
— 🐾Beware of Dogma🐾 (@ellelljaytoo) November 1, 2017
[4] While Whanau Guy was just saying it like he saw it:
Kale#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut
— Whanau Guy (@taniwha73) November 1, 2017
[3] Jimmy gave us an offer we couldn’t refuse to not accept:
Milk of De Niro#NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut @AFrikkinHashtag pic.twitter.com/8oM53Xehow
— Jimmy is wasting the extra letters he was given (@HoorayBacon) November 1, 2017
[2] While Paul was Smurfing up a treat:
Smurf & Turf #NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut pic.twitter.com/ja5AllVROR
— Paul Schofield (@schofey27) November 1, 2017
[1] But the tweet that got our attention and had us standing to our feet [metaphorically of course] and stood head and shoulder above the rest, has to go to this week’s absolutely brilliantly crafted and presented tweet, which was definitely NOT a wookie error:
Chocolate Chip Wookiees #NatureFoodsThatDidntMakeTheCut pic.twitter.com/zXSmE1N7IV
— Cameron Grant (@coolcam101) November 1, 2017
Possibly one of the strangest games we have run for a while and yet you still managed to get creative and stay family and come up with a lot of [at times cringeworthy] fun and madness and so thanks for playing. Huge Shoutout to Helen for a great co-host and The UnNamed Ones for doing what they do.
Til the next time which will likely be on a Wed at 1pm South African time or 6am EST
Let’s keep the WIT in the Twitterer…
love brett fish
Leave a Reply