With Elon Musk and Richard Branson and others fighting it out to see who can get the first tourists into space it will only be a matter of time before we take the Olympics there. What events might take place in a Space Olympics competition we wondered? And you told us…
[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 it was time for a bit of Swedish flavour as @Saga_Says joined The UnNamed Ones to co-host the gravity out of this game.
As per usual we sent out an invitation and a few starter tweets:
Join @BrettFishA and @Saga_Says as we imagine a Universe where The Olympic Games has been moved off our planet… on the @Hashtagroundup app! #MySpaceOlympicsEventIs pic.twitter.com/6EJofaMBWM
— A Frikkin Hashtag (@AFrikkinHashtag) April 18, 2018
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs one in which i am wearing the proper protective gear so that i don’t get thor. pic.twitter.com/1EV2cgYLrG
— Brett FISH Anderson (@BrettFishA) April 18, 2018
Just to be clear, the S is a small S. This is not THAT!!! I’m watching you @myspacetom [although come and play, it will be fun!] #MySpaceOlympicsEventIs pic.twitter.com/3YdgFmM3oV
— A Frikkin Hashtag (@AFrikkinHashtag) April 18, 2018
Saga hit the ground running, or at least jumping in slow motion in a big ole spacesuit:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs
Dancing with the stars— Saga_Says (@Saga_Says) April 18, 2018
And the game itself flirted with the trends:
#5 USA #MySpaceOlympicsEventIs with @afrikkinhashtag hosted by @BrettFishA @Saga_Says
Play along on @HashtagRoundup
— Hashtag Roundup (@HashtagRoundup) April 18, 2018
But we all held our breath, waiting to see what you would launch at us and of course you didn’t disappoint and some of the tweets that really stood out for us make up this week’s:
FISH LIST OF PRIZEWORTHYNESS [F.L.O.P.]
Rob started us off with his search for a space birdie:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs Lunar Golf pic.twitter.com/VEzL03kAbX
— Rob (@GenericZA) April 18, 2018
While Bazza brought the puns to help create a solid Bond:
Competitive gardening pic.twitter.com/MmFOpE9qkN
— Jalbeardzi, The Typo Pirate Yaarrrr (@Danzig303) April 18, 2018
Max threw his offering into the ring:
Death Star Shot Put
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs pic.twitter.com/R6wnlVm7TQ
— Max (@maxpick) April 18, 2018
John Lane brought this classic:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs the long time ago in a galaxy far, far away jump.
— John Lane (@JohnFPLane) April 18, 2018
Followed up by this twist on a classic:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs weightless-lifting.
— John Lane (@JohnFPLane) April 18, 2018
Max said the one we were all thinking:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs
Matt Damon Search and Rescue pic.twitter.com/PNKbvTuD4f— Max (@maxpick) April 18, 2018
Cameron brought the Space to his Jam:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs the Moon Dunk 🏀 pic.twitter.com/dxkaMO9tx6
— Cameron Grant (@coolcam101) April 18, 2018
Tali brought a real challenge:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs Save The Red Shirts.
Try to keep as many red shirts alive as they make increasingly dumb decisions pic.twitter.com/tq9D3Nfq74
— Sir Taliesyne (@Taliesyne) April 18, 2018
And Andy concurred:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs The Redshirt Gauntlet pic.twitter.com/lUp8xGteVJ
— Andy Roberts (@AndrewRoberts66) April 18, 2018
While Yo Momma took it up a notch:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs Stormtrooper Shooting Red Shirt event. pic.twitter.com/KqVJPDqpNj
— yomomma88 (@yomomma8888) April 18, 2018
Mister Bannon brought soem delightful misdirection:
The Uneven Mars #MySpaceOlympicsEventIs pic.twitter.com/D5FveVkOK0
— Mister Race Bannon (@MrRaceBannon) April 18, 2018
Cameron was back bringing his pun game:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs gathering Data. pic.twitter.com/OpIhS4wDYm
— Cameron Grant (@coolcam101) April 18, 2018
While questioning the very nature of the games:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs all just a dream. pic.twitter.com/Utps2QRhJa
— Cameron Grant (@coolcam101) April 18, 2018
Patch raised the bar:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs
Black Hole vault— DM (@patchdennizen) April 18, 2018
While Natalia tried to keep it all together:
Synchronised Anti-Gravity #MySpaceOlympicsEventIs
— .:natalia:. (@natseki9) April 18, 2018
John was back with more of a running gag:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs the Marsathon.
— John Lane (@JohnFPLane) April 18, 2018
While RaPUNzel was flying Solo:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs competing in the Kessel Run
— RaPUNzel (@RandilynIsIn) April 18, 2018
With Gonzo close on her heels:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs 100-parsec dash.
— Gonzo DeMann (@GonzoDeMann) April 18, 2018
Eddiester was on the lookout for U.F.D’s:
Unidentified Flying Discus #MySpaceOlympicsEventIs
— Eddiester (@khilaf_ed) April 18, 2018
While Smithy was feeling the force:
Jedi Fencing.. #MySpaceOlympicsEventIs pic.twitter.com/G5oL3OGdqd
— 🤠Smithy🏴 (@I_luva_laugh) April 18, 2018
Patch seemed to be getting a kick out of this:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs
Star Trekwondo— DM (@patchdennizen) April 18, 2018
While Dava Starr was creating an event just for herself:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs star
Jumping— DavaStarr (@DavaStarr) April 18, 2018
X Mill Runner was waxing lyrical:
Name That NepTUNE #MySpaceOlympicsEventIs
— X Mill Runner 🌞🌟🌜 (@xmillrunner) April 18, 2018
Evan was feeling a little more artistic:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs Recreating scenes from classic movies set in space! (The Office Supply Division!) pic.twitter.com/kOUOXLNXOi
— Evan Van (@MadAnter) April 18, 2018
Sambo found himself sucked right into the game:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs Maratron pic.twitter.com/nHY2h5iJN0
— Sambo @WorldWide (@abtsag) April 18, 2018
While Pat was all about the timing:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs launch pad-dleball
— Pat Mac McKenzie (@pat_4291_mac) April 18, 2018
TayBar’s came with a warning:
Trap Shooting #MySpaceOlympicsEventIs pic.twitter.com/WrZUvlLDwR
— ⚠️🚸Caution: Legos Ahead🚸⚠️🚳📵🚭🔞🚷🚯 (@TayBar80) April 18, 2018
Rugged took it to a whole different place:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs
Tauntaun Dressage pic.twitter.com/u04A8ZCpX5— Rugged zmv (@ZMV9253) April 18, 2018
And TayBar returned to make a really good point:
The loooooooooong jump #MySpaceOlympicsEventIs
— ⚠️🚸Caution: Legos Ahead🚸⚠️🚳📵🚭🔞🚷🚯 (@TayBar80) April 18, 2018
Jeffrey appealed to the more intellectual crowd:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs Space Jeopardy pic.twitter.com/K2XT1WDHml
— Jeffrey Kohlman (@KohlmanJeffrey) April 18, 2018
Only to have Klaus lift it to a whole different plane:
Quantum field hockey#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs
— [TLB] Klaus (@TLBKlaus) April 18, 2018
Some really fun tweets and some interesting suggestions – what an Olympics it will be. But as usual we had a few tweets which simply blasted us into a different orbit and they are the ones that make up this week’s
F.L.O.P. FOUR:
[4] Joey starts us off with this Whovian thriller:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs Pin the Toilet plunger on the Dalek!
— JoeyRBaumgart (@JoeyRBaumgart) April 18, 2018
[3] Brian with this play on words:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs shield hockey.@AFrikkinHashtag pic.twitter.com/ah9loflBsz
— Brian Kachadurian (@toolguybak) April 18, 2018
[2] Rachel brought a tough tough challenge to the party:
#MySpaceOlympicsEventIs Saying "Uranus" without giggling.
— Rachel Page (@rqribbit) April 18, 2018
[1] While this week it was our very own Bazza who scored Top and F.L.O.P. tweet with this scary idea of an event:
Trying to keep up with a Cardassian pic.twitter.com/4oA79i0Bvz
— Jalbeardzi, The Typo Pirate Yaarrrr (@Danzig303) April 18, 2018
Thanks to everyone for playing and Saga for co-hosting and incredible game and as always the growing tribe of UnNamed Ones for making the magic happen. See you soon for another game [every Wed at 12 noon South African, 6am EDT] and til then let’s keep the WIT in the Twitterer
love brett fish
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