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Principia Discordia => Apple Talk => Topic started by: maphdet on January 23, 2010, 03:36:19 AM

Title: The image for teh article says it all...Tweet-Tweet
Post by: maphdet on January 23, 2010, 03:36:19 AM
http://www.pcworld.com/article/187512/the_first_tweet_from_space_and_other_twitt

Sorry if this was already posted-I was too lazy to look.
Title: Re: The image for teh article says it all...Tweet-Tweet
Post by: President Television on January 23, 2010, 03:51:37 AM
This reminds me of a story my mother told me about her parents. It was my grandmother's birthday, and she and my grandfather hadn't really been getting along very well. Much to her surprise, she awoke to find breakfast in bed and a note informing her of a birthday scavenger hunt, with the first clue. She followed the clue, of course, and became more excited about the present with each note. Her quest carried her all over the house and all across the property(they were living in a farm house in a small town in Ontario at the time). Finally, she found a piece of paper wrapped around a smooth wooden disk with two holes in it. The note said,

"Tweet, tweet
Twiddle, twiddle,
There's only one gift
With two holes in the middle.
"

It was a homemade thumb-twiddler.
Now I imagine you know why they're divorced.
Title: Re: The image for teh article says it all...Tweet-Tweet
Post by: Triple Zero on January 23, 2010, 01:17:10 PM
what's a thumb-twiddler? i can't really find it on google or wikipedia?

i only know of thumb twiddling without any tools but just your hands?
Title: Re: The image for teh article says it all...Tweet-Tweet
Post by: President Television on January 23, 2010, 04:31:05 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on January 23, 2010, 01:17:10 PM
what's a thumb-twiddler? i can't really find it on google or wikipedia?

i only know of thumb twiddling without any tools but just your hands?

I think my grandfather invented it. Basically, it's just a wooden disc with two holes in it. You stick your thumbs into the holes while you twiddle them, and it keeps them a constant distance apart.