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50 Top Tweets of January 2009

February 2nd, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments

No, this is not scientific – it’s just my opinion. Following on from my popular Top Tweets of 2008 blog, these are the best Tweets from Twitter that I saw in January 2009. If you think you said something funnier last month, then follow @clarocada, or add the tag #tt to your best tweets in February.

January was a pretty big month – a month that saw Twitter hit the big time with that now iconic image of an Airbus in the Hudson River, Stephen Fry and Jonathon Ross talking about Twitter on prime-time chat show, and Twitter’s infrastructure holding up on January 20th with the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States.

Here are the best Tweets that I found in January. Enjoy! Retweet this

  1. gapingvoid @Sznq Oh No! The hippies have already taken over Web 2.0! Fuck it. I’m leaving. Good-bye. 8:18 PM Jan 8th from web in reply to Sznq
  2. frontofficebox And the latest news from UK banking sector is RBS loses £400 mill invested with Madorff – what a bunch if jerks no wonder charges are high 10:14 AM Jan 9th from Twittelator
  3. GeoffLiving I am convinced. Having a lot of Twiiter followers means a) you are immensely popular/influential or b) you spend lots of time on Twitter. 2:50 PM Jan 9th from mobile web
  4. GilliganPierce Damn. My porn won’t download. How am I supposed to show all my friends what he looks like naked if the pictures don’t come through? 4:02 PM Jan 9th from txt
  5. KnightDiver you’ve got to just love those 4:55pm client calls on a FRIDAY afternoon… I know I do. 10:05 PM Jan 9th from TwitToday
  6. davidjhinson G-d. Please, not another life coach. I’ve been married 23 years. I don’t need another coach in my life, thanks anyway. 10:40 AM Jan 10th from web
  7. alisongow Thinking dark thoughts about the delivery man whose non-appearance has sentenced me to freezing showers til Monday. Grrrrrrrrrrrr 1:48 PM Jan 10th from web
  8. LenKendall Sounds like transformers are having sex in my back alley. (garbage truck is slamming the dumpsters repeatedly) 3:58 PM Jan 10th from Twittelator
  9. jake ok who wants @officedog – he just ate my muffin whilst I plugged my laptop in 4:02 PM Jan 10th from TweetDeck
  10. BankOfApathy One moment while I access your account. Your available balance is…NOTHING YOU BROKE ASS VICTIM OF THE ECONOMY. 3:57 AM Jan 11th from TweetDeck
  11. patphelan £4.35 for a coffee and he hangs around for a tip 2:04 PM Jan 12th from TweetDeck
  12. arikhanson @skydiver and @chrisbrogan working together? That’s like Superman and Jesus joining forces to save the world. http://twitpic.com/11pgv 6:59 PM Jan 11th from web in reply to skydiver
  13. weblivz i feel embarrassed for written language worldwide when i read my mums text messages. It’s like shorthand for minimalists. 2:50 PM Jan 12th from TweetDeck
  14. huddlesuz Our local hairdresser is offering 20% off. Bad times, people, bad times with good hair. 2:53 PM Jan 12th from TweetDeck
  15. shelisrael @jowyang Nice to see you back in the stream. I missed you. Let’s argue about something. 3:09 PM Jan 12th from web in reply to jowyang
  16. leeodden Internet marketing superstar wannabes. Just because you have an opinion and a way to distribute that opinion doesn’t mean you’re right. 4:08 PM Jan 13th from twhirl
  17. boris Twitter is like a sauna: we are all in the same space, we show everything, but are not really looking at each other. 9:10 PM Jan 14th from web
  18. boris Of course some people are taking in every detail in this particular sauna and some people are really worth staring at. :-) 9:20 PM Jan 14th from web
  19. BenRosenzweig I just kneeld down do get dish soap from under the sink. And split my pants… Lesson learned. “Don’t do the dishes” 4:33 AM Jan 15th from TwitterBerry
  20. frontofficebox Main stream media is killing itself, by just trotting out the rubbish fed it by politicians and PR – and we’re not listening 10:31 AM Jan 15th from web
  21. ruskin147 twice in 24 hours my first news of a story has come via twitter – Jobs yesterday, plane today 10:21 PM Jan 15th from twhirl
  22. CherylHarrison At the Apple store. Typing this on the computer that’s about to make me poor. 11:17 PM Jan 15th from web
  23. SaraD RT @dwiskus In the event of a water landing, feel free to stand around on the wing while people post pictures of you to Twitter. 11:20 PM Jan 15th from web
  24. weblivz there’s now an oriental guy cleaning our curtains with a hoover. All all the sentences i thought i’d ever tweet that wasn’t high on the list 2:42 PM Jan 16th from TweetDeck
  25. Scobleizer Oh, oh, I crashed offbeatguides.com — which is OK, my interview with founder is in 45 minutes. Now we have something to talk about! ;-) 6:20 PM Jan 16th from web
  26. skydiver For future ref: Delta doesn’t find it terribly amusing when you ask if they can make a stopover on 57th and the Hudson b4 heading to LGA. :) 6:34 PM Jan 16th from TweetDeck
  27. scottishlass is realising none of the available editing software has a screaming wean filter. Woah those peaks are like the Himalayas. 10:45 PM Jan 16th from Ping.fm
  28. johnfenzel Don’t worry if you’re a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it. 1:21 PM Jan 17th from web
  29. davidleeking this morning, i was a cereal killer 1:22 PM Jan 17th from twhirl
  30. macwriter As a copywriter, I like to say that I’ve in essence been microblogging for close to 20 years. Just for other people’s brands. 3:54 PM Jan 17th from web
  31. globalcitizen Dear cab driver, please unlock the child proof window controls so that I don’t have to suffocate on the smell of your fart. *puke* 11:00 PM Jan 17th from TwitterFon
  32. skydiver Email of the day: “Peter, I’m interviewing media-savvy women for a women-interview-only blog and would like to interview you.” WTF? 9:27 PM Jan 19th from TwitterBerry
  33. xemion RT @imwithsully: Ad Agency site checklist. Flash. Hokey staff pics. Ambiguous navigation. No benefits, call to action or blog 10:33 PM Jan 19th from twhirl
  34. ianrmcallister BBC Coverage looks amateurish, and I refuse to watch SkyNews because they can’t do news – switched to CNN 4:10 PM Jan 20th from web
  35. HeatherPaulsons Unfortunately I will have to explain to my son that his missing hamster now has molted into two dwarf hamsters.. All they had 11:32 PM Jan 21st from web
  36. patrick My mom asked my what I’d like to have for my 30th birthday, I replied: “I’d love to have one thousand followers”. It’s official, I’m a nerd 3:31 PM Jan 23rd from web
  37. Wossy @tumour Morrisey is on in about 3 weeks. Coming round to dinner again as well !! Just off to hide the bacon. 8:12 PM Jan 23rd from web in reply to tumour
  38. themarketingguy I love my family, but they drank all my beer. 11:18 PM Jan 23rd from TweetDeck
  39. SimpleEnglish Oh no! I ‘ve been asked to write something longer than 140 characters. I don’t know if I can handle it. 10:20 AM Jan 24th from web
  40. chacha102 I find it an honor that people take the time to unfollow me. 3:29 PM Jan 27th from TwitterFon
  41. davewiner If “favorites” were everything it needs to be then “RT” wouldn’t be necessary. 3:27 PM Jan 27th from web
  42. bryanthatcher searching thru my stack of paper mail looking for something, I need google for my physical desktop. 5:57 PM Jan 27th from web
  43. bnox News of the day http://tinyurl.com/bcj3vc Marijuana could prevent – wait… I lost it. Hang on. 6:39 PM Jan 27th from web
  44. themarketingguy Please do not let the first thing I see on your website be a pop-up sign up window. I don’t even know you yet. 7:31 PM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
  45. lyndoman Creativity comes best when you are challenged, you absolutely need someone to question, “what the hell are you talking about?” 11:55 AM Jan 28th from web
  46. Aubs I can’t believe it’s been FOUR years, but @lilabelle turns 4 today. How is she celebrating? She just scared herself & woke up by farting. 3:10 PM Jan 28th from TwitterFon
  47. dalecruse Overheard: “Is Jim Morrison the Muppets guy?? I’m google-ing now…” *sigh* 3:29 PM Jan 28th from web
  48. chrisheuer RT @melissapierece When my 4yr old tells me “I was trying something new with my pee in the living room” I know it’s not a good thing. :( 10:50 PM Jan 28th from web
  49. edial This will be the era of Yahoo! baby, we are so BACK! 3:15 PM Jan 31st from web
  50. edial Shit. I expected riots on streets tonight, and now Google fixed it. Lame. 3:18 PM Jan 31st from web


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  1. Joe Schmitt
    February 2nd, 2009 at 10:15 | #1
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    Geez, these are the best? Some are good, but you know there's leaderboard for clever tweets –

    http://textism.com/favrd

    (And no, I am not tied to Favrd in any way, except that I am obsessed with making it.)

    @joeschmitt

  2. Digital Biographer
    February 2nd, 2009 at 11:30 | #2
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    Joe, thanks for the link.

    These are just my personal favourites from people I follow or happen to see tweets from – I've seen a couple of places where you can 'vote up' great tweets, but I don't think you can beat just choosing stuff that makes you smile.

    I think there's a lot more that might be done with Twitter favourites – if only I had the patience and time to learn how to work with the Twitter API!

    I might try working something in with http://pligg.com, the Open Source 'Digg' clone.

    Regards, David

  3. Jeremy Nicholas
    February 2nd, 2009 at 11:36 | #3
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    Hi David. That's a great top fifty. I'm gutted not to have made it into there, but I will work on being especially witty in Feb to try and creep in.

    Jem
    The Talking Toolbox guy

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    October 9th, 2009 at 00:09 | #4
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  5. EkramPrashanta
    October 9th, 2009 at 00:31 | #5
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