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In light of all this phone hacking nonsense, what would Alexander Graham Bell tweet?

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Tweet in the Blank!

What did famed telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell send to his many Twitter followers?

Phone hacking? Drunk dialing Watson? You decide.

Leave your best tweets in the comments below. The best (read: funniest) will win a free copy of the UK book!

Historical Tweets authors Alec McNayr and Alan Beard will pick their favorite, and note that, as this is for the UK book, the winner must be a UK resident. Thanks to Summersdale for providing the prize!

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Once again, Land lovers and scallywags from all over sent in their best Tweets for this weeks Tweet in the Blank, Blackbeard.

We’ve chosen our favorites, and you get to choose who wins a free copy of the new Historical Tweets book!

The tweet with the most votes below by Tuesday (June 15) will get a free copy of Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World.

Keep your eye out for brand new opportunities to win a free book, and make sure you get out to your local bookstore and ask for Historical Tweets — The perfect Fathers Day’s gift.

Blackbeard Tweets... Choose Your Favorite:

• Heard rumor they are selling pirate toys. We rape, kidnap, steal and murder. Who’s going to buy their kids toys based on that?
• Dipped my beautiful blond beard in the water and it came up black. Thanks alot BP!
• Pitched new flag design to first mate Roger who won’t stop laughing at me. Thinking of calling the flag “LOL Roger” to spite him.
• Pillaged another of Her Majesty’s fleet today. Aye, she has some fine booty.
• Arrrrghhhh… Another day, another Fail Whale. Off to pillage. #WhenTwitterWasDown

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Congratulations to Patrick Kelly! His Houdini tweet won the vote last week and now he is the winner of a free copy of Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World.

Patrick’s Tweet:

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What would Blackbeard tweet?

Our contest continues — give your best guess in the comments below. Your tweet could win you a free copy of our new book Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World.

The reasonably official rules: we’ll select the best quotes from the comments and then allow fans to vote on the best one — most votes wins the book