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Fan Tweet Thursday: Nietzsche

Twitter Historian — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:45:48 +0000

Another fan-submitted tweet, this time from Philippe Rau, in reference to what Nietzche might call “the deepest tweet ever tweeted.”

Zarathustra:@Nietzsche44 Thus.

Fan Tweet Thursday: Kafka

Twitter Historian — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:50:15 +0000

Boom! Another tweet from Sean Tucker.

Kafka: Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaid

Fan Tweet Thursday: Dr. Seuss

Twitter Historian — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:00:30 +0000

Sent in by Sean Tucker:

DrSeuss (Dr. Seuss): I do not like twitter. Don’t like it one bit. All tweeters and twooters they give me a fit!

Name That Tweet: Sacagawea & Nokia (“Sacagokia?”)

Twitter Historian — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:23:24 +0000

Our friends at Nokia’s Ovi Blog made a few more Historical Tweets. We love the design and visuals, but you said last week that you thought the product integration was a little strong…

So how about generating your own? What message would you put in the Sacajawea image below? Let the comments begin!

We’ll start it out:

“I know it doesn’t look like the Pacific Ocean, but we have time for some poker, right?”

“I’m lost. Leading these chumps in circles so I have time to check Ovi Maps.”
(there’s some product integration + smirkable humor…)

“Just go down to that mountain range and make a left…. or is it a right?”

Fan Tweet Thursday: Diff’rent Tweets

Twitter Historian — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:59:17 +0000

From Twitterstorian “LC” comes this 80s flashback…

LilArnoldJ: What you tweetin’ ’bout, @Willis?

Fan Tweet Thursday: Atlas Tweeted

Twitter Historian — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:05:07 +0000

From Sean Tucker:

Atlas: Feel the Burn!!!

Fan Tweet Thursday: Mt. Olympus

Twitter Historian — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:04:59 +0000

From Twitterstorian Rachel Carter:

Thor: @Zeus Stop stealing my thunder! (And all the hot chicks!)

Fan Tweet Thursday: Solomon

Twitter Historian — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:55:46 +0000

Again, from Sean Tucker:

Solomon: Had to cut 3 babys in half 2day b4 some1 finally got it right!!!

More From @EddieIzzard – Hitler’s Secret Motivation

Twitter Historian — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:20:51 +0000

A few weeks back, we showed you an historic conversation between Noah and some fowl, as told in Eddie Izzard’s stand-up routine.

Here is another gripping historical moment, discovered by Sean Tucker, but, again, originally offered up by comedian and marathon man Eddie Izzard.

Uncle Adolf (Adolf Hitler): Could not get trees right in new painting. Thought about it and realized I kinda suck as painter. Have new plan. Will kill everyone in the world. Keep on DL plz

Taken from Eddie Izzard’s show Dress to Kill: view on YouTube (about 1:30 into the video).

Fan Tweet Thursday: The New Twestament

Twitter Historian — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:54:24 +0000

Twitterstorian Ryan Day found this Biblical tweet:

Tarsus4Life (Paul of Tarsus): @apollos RE: What you wrote on bathroom wall. It’s spelled G-E-N-T-I-L-E-S. I, Paul, am preacher to the GENTILES. Get your mind out of the gutter.

Fan Tweet Thursday: Galileo

Twitter Historian — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:15:31 +0000

Hat tip to Twitterstorian Sebastian…

ggalilei (Galileo Galilei) : And yet it moves! #earth #toldyouso

Fan Tweet Thursday: Darth Tweeter

Twitter Historian — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:40:55 +0000

From Twitterstorian Sean Tucker… actor David Prowse (who portrayed the physical form of Darth Vader) was in for a surprise just before seeing Star Wars in 1977!

Darth Prowse (David Prowse): Off to the Star Wars premiere. Very excited. I hope my voice sounds cool. It’s so hard to talk in that stupid mask!

Fan Tweet Thursday: John Hughes

Twitter Historian — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:23:52 +0000

Victoria Bracknell sent in this ode to John Hughes (1950-2009) just before the end of the day…

From Matthew Broderick to Hughes in 1985:

MattB (Matthew Broderick): @JHughes Love movie idea re: skipping school. But what kind of name is Ferris? re: clarinet – never had one lesson

Fan Tweet Thursday: A Freudian Tweet

Twitter Historian — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:01:49 +0000

From Twitterstorian Victoria Bracknell…

SiggyF (Sigmund Freud): Streets very much ice today. Almost slipped walking to office. People laughed. I still don’t know why that’s funny.

Fan Tweet Thursday: Washington’s Dentist

Twitter Historian — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:30:26 +0000

A fan-submitted tweet from Sean Tucker, who must be a big fan of “Jorge Washington.”

JW (George Washingon): You drunkenly go to a carpenter for dental work ONE time…

Fan Tweet Thursday: Deep Throat or Deep Tweet?

Twitter Historian — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:30:15 +0000

Every Thursday, we re-post the best fan-submitted Historical Tweets, and here’s one of them, from Sean Tucker. If you’d like to create your own, you can use our downloadable photoshop template.

BigBoyBob (Bob Woodward): @Deepthroat I love your movies!!! Where do you want to meet?
Submitted by: Sean Tucker

Fan Tweet Thursday: A Tweetiful Mind

Twitter Historian — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:00:13 +0000

Yet again, you have Sean Tucker to thank.

John Nash: Why doesn;t anyone respond to my tweets?

Fan Tweet Thursday: Caesar’s Leafy Greens

Twitter Historian — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:15:07 +0000

Thanks again to Andy Cruz for this gem. Just think: if this had never happened, The Cheesecake Factory, Red Robin, and Chili’s and Red Robin would go out of business.

‘lilCaesar (Caesar): Had a refreshing bowl of lettuce today, still thinking about what to call it

Fan Tweet Thursday: Tommy Tutone Tweets

Twitter Historian — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:00:43 +0000

Thanks to Andy Cruz for sending this one in:

Tommy2Tone (Tommy Tutone): @Jenny Hey lost your phone number, please resend.

Don’t get this one? You either a) hate 80′s music or b) were born after 1997, and have therefore never heard of a rotary phone. Check out: 867-5309.

Fan Tweet Thursday: Napoleon

Twitter Historian — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:00:15 +0000

Thanks again to Sean Tucker for “uncovering” this rare Historical Treat Tweet:

Napoleon (Napole1): New lifts arrived today. Feeling confident. Will tweet more from Waterloo

Tweet in a Box

Twitter Historian — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:30:07 +0000

It’s not Fan Tweet Thursday, but why not start the weekend right?

This moment won’t make it into most historians’ canons, but it did make an impact on a young Sean Tucker. Thanks, Sean, for submitting this gem:

Andy Samberg (SNLHotRod): @JerryCurlTimby Have a gr8 idea for video. Meet me at my place. Bring box and scissors.

Fan Tweet Thursday: In 1492…

Twitter Historian — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:30:45 +0000

One of our favorite fan-submitted Tweets of all time, from Martin van der Linden:

Christopher Columbus: @QueenIsabella Send more funds, roaming fees are ridiculous here.

Fan Tweet Thursday: Anne Boleyn

Twitter Historian — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:30:56 +0000

After seeing our Henry VIII Tweet, people are loving Anne Boleyn’s Historical Tweets…

Consider this one from Ben Yzaguirre:

Anne Bolelyn (Ann_n_Henry_4eva): @Big_Pimpin_Henry Sorry I lost my head the other night.

Or check out this one from Reed & Val:

Anne Boleyn (QUEENB): Feeling kind of lightheaded today, lol!

Fan Tweet Thursday: Socrates

Twitter Historian — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:05:40 +0000

Thanks to Sean Tucker for sending in this Historical Tweet:

Socrates (Socratic Method Man): @Platonicluvr Just tried a phat new wine. By the Gods it’s goo-

Biblical Tweets: King Herod

Twitter Historian — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:50:07 +0000

Thanks again to La Libertine for submitting today’s Historical Tweet!

King Herod the Great: @GreaterPalestine Infant tax to rise 10,000%, effective immediately.

Historical Conversations Noted in Twitter Presentation

Twitter Historian — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:00:07 +0000

Just got an email from Boise, ID-based branding/marketing company Tricycle, who tipped us off to a presentation they recently gave, that featured some twitterstorical conversations. Really funny stuff. You can even watch them give the presenation on YouTube.

A few slides from their presentation:

More after the break:

A Real, Old-School Flame War Begins on Twitter

Twitter Historian — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:45:17 +0000

Twitterstorian La Libertine comes through again. (See also: Pompeii) What happens when Groove Armada gets involved?

EngArmada: @SpanishArmada PWND!

Apple Week: Apple Fans Speak Up!

Twitter Historian — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:00:06 +0000

A special subset of Twitterstorians spoke up this week, opening the “aluminum curtain,” and exposing the rest of us to the subtle nuances and historical markers that define their Mac fanaticism.

Twitterstorian Joel Manahan dropped this knowlege bomb on us: “Apple nerds like me will know that Apple wasn’t *quite* the first company to come up with GUI.” We didn’t believe him either, until we saw the truth for our own eyes:

SteveJobs: @XeroxPARC Heard you guys were working on some kind of “gooey” computer. Mind if I take a peek? (Steve Jobs)

What 79AD Disaster Could Have Been Avoided With More Twitter Followers?

Twitter Historian — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:50:28 +0000

Twitterstorian La Libertine submitted this great Historical Tweet. La, we look forward to many more submissions from you. Thanks!

MT_Vesuvius: @Pompeii Uh… run?

So You’re Saying You’re Famous…

Twitter Historian — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:30:33 +0000

Special thanks to Twitter-Historian and Beatles Enthusiast David Haber, who writes the Beatles News blog and discovered this latest Tweet from Imagineer John Lennon.

Apparently, the Beatles star once said they were more famous than some other historical figure.

And hey, as we’ve heard, “Diamonds are not bigger than the Beatles or Jesus but could help get the one you love.”

@eppy I said we were bigger than WHO?

Are Osama’s Twitter Updates Protected?

Twitter Historian — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:00:08 +0000

It’s 2003. You’re the most wanted man in the world. The United States military is hot on your trail. You’re living deep in a maze of caves without ready access to the outside world.

What’s the first thing you do?

Well, Osama Bin Laden got himself a Blackberry and Twittered his BFF Saddam Hussein, who was in a funk because his country got overrun.

Special thanks to Twitter-Historian Brent Schmidt, who uncovered this tweet from recent history! Create your own using our HT Photoshop template!

@Saddam You’ll get through this and back in power before you know it. Just hang in there.