The Twitter Get Funnier challenge.
Jun 30th by JonBeing funny is easy when you’ve got all the words in the world at your disposal. It’s easy when you can ramble about with big loopy paragraphs and ideas that seem to unravel like cotton candy made of laughter. But being funny on Twitter? That’s hard. And I’m not there yet. (For one thing my twitter name has an H in it. My name is Jon. How do you spell your own name wrong, @prodigaljohn.)
Yesterday, three of my friends @bryanallain of bryanallain.com/blog/ , @trippcrosby of trippcrosby.com and @TylerStanton of tylerstanton.com challenged me to raise my game or in layman’s term, get funnier on Twitter. They are all very funny and you should follow them and then say, “Whoa, Jon those guys are funnier than you,” and then I’ll get all inspired and start running laps in my cul-de-sac just yelling out 140 character jokes over and over again as a method of training.
But who else should I be following? Any ideas on who is really funny when it comes to writing on Twitter?
Recent @prodigaljohn tweets
1. Few things in life make me feel as strong as when someone asks me to move a piece of wicker furniture.
2. My wife & I made a pact today to never own/ride/be in a photo with one of those double bikes with 2 seats, 2 wheels & 2 ashamed riders
3. The new Axe bodyspray commercials where the guy is made of chocolate or maybe just smells like chocolate baffle/terrify me.
4. Sports Clips barbershop is like hair roulette. No appointments. No rules. No idea if you’ll walk out with awesome cheap or gruesome cheap
5. My wife makes PBJ sandwiches as if we were in the midst of a global jelly shortage. I believe in a 2 to 1 jelly to peanut butter ratio.
6. Do you ever wonder where all the ex members of Menudo are? There were like 400 over the years. You probably saw one today without knowing it
7. In jr high I tried to start a trend where people called me “A-tuff” instead of my last name “Acuff.” It did not take.
8. I hate shirts with bad button placement where if you button the top one it chokes you but if you leave it open, you look like a gigolo
9. Just saw a banner ad with this headline “Enter for a chance to win your hair back.” Made it sound like the hair was taken hostage.
10. Someone should make a CD of the sound the UPS truck makes when it comes to deliver a package. Few songs make me as happy.
11. I wish Hallmark made a card you could give the guy who heats up old seafood in the microwave at work. Front = photo of Cod. Inside = “Stop.”
12. I wish I had more reasons to start sentences with the phrase, “Here’s the thing you’ve got to remember about cougars …
13. God won’t ever hold us accountable for blog traffic #s. If you must choose between writing what’s popular or what’s true, chose the latter (I must have written that one on a serious Wednesday.)
Who do you follow on Twitter? Who is funny on Twitter?
Comments
I though you were one of the funnier people i follow on twitter. That means one of two things
1. You are a lot funnier than you realize
2. I need find some more funny people to follow.
Personally, i find the North Korean Propaganda agency rather entertaining. @kcna_dprk
Here's the thing you've got to remember about cougars, they're beautiful, mysterious, mature, and they probably have kids as old as you.(136 characters)
Do you know you can change your twitter name, assuming it's not taken? It's in the settings
I'd say you were funny, though of course you have more room to get on a roll in your blog. These people are also funny:
@randazzoj
@fireland
@mishacollins
I don't tweet. In fact, I refuse to be a part of TwitterNation.
But I DO agree with you on the PBJ. I'm only in it for the jelly! The bread/peanut butter is only a vessel to get more strawberry jelly down my neck!
@badbanana is someone that's definitely worth following. the majority of his tweets are hilarious.
I do follow you Jon and I truly laugh when I read your posts…I think you are the funniest person I follow on Twitter.
P-John, yeah man, I'm going to have to participate in the comment fist bump and agree that you are one of the funnier twitterers.
I also get a kick out of @HiFrucCornSyrup
Blake Shelton cracks me up. (he's a country singer, dates Miranda Lambert who is actually NOT that funny)
Funniest person on Twitter?
@the_real_shaq.
Is he intentionally funny? I can never tell.
You are the funniest person I follow on Twitter (same here, Joanna).
John Piper has some fascinating posts.
Rain Wilson is funny! (dwight on the office)
@davebarnes
It's called a tandem bicycle. If you're too cool to try one, you really are missing out.
Not much better than the look on the bike racers face when you and your wife fly by with little effort. Oh they'll try to keep up, might even pass you back, but in the end the tandem wins.
Frankly, I would think that a couple that is so together that they share an email account would ONLY use a bicycle built for two.
I already follow you, Bryan, and Tyler. And they're right, you need to step it up a notch on the twitter.
Check out my Friday twitter updates. Everyone I hassle should be followed.
Do not follow @tremendousnews (read: you should totally follow @tremendousnews)
you make my phone go off so many times with your twitter updates. granted, most of them come at a time where i need a good laugh. the button one got me laughing.
lenamarie said dave barnes…histerical. he usually posts a picture with his as well.
@davebarnesmusic
You'll know you've made it when you get lambasted by this guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZMINzIHKlM
And remember… You can't have twitter without twit.
wv: blessed – very true
Thanks for the clarification on your name! How did you spell your name wrong? Just curious…
I follow you, Tripp & Tyler.
I follow you because you make me laugh and think in Twitter as well as in your blog. @lileks is another funny Tweeter.
I follow you on Twitter, and you're hilarious!
@pourmecoffee – great semi-political snark
@elle_dubya – me! cause i think i'm pretty darn funny too!
Yeah…my parents would be the people on that bike…and I am their child looking on in shame.
Speaking of my mom, she was on twitter before I was.
And she and katdish found time to tweet things behind my back.
Thus @HerbieGookins was born.
Jon –
As a reason to why you should be following me at http://twitter.com/aaronkaiser (if you aren't already) because I, too, am funny, I submit:
Exhibit A: http://twitter.com/aaronkaiser/status/1891543500
Exhibit B: http://twitter.com/aaronkaiser/status/2383664142
Exhibit C: http://twitter.com/aaronkaiser/status/2351229373
Exhibit D: http://twitter.com/aaronkaiser/status/2322114391
Exhibit E: http://twitter.com/aaronkaiser/status/2363078126
Hehe… Enjoy!
[ Aaron ] a.k.a. @aaronkaiser
I laughed out loud at #7
ooooh i like this post. im always looking for funny people to follow.*yey*
here's my list:
funny people on twitter – who are Christians:
@dwighthoward
@loswhit
@inprogress
@pinkhairedgirl
@pa3cia – yeah that's me =D
good follows who are HILARIOUS but might say some duurty things
@THE_REAL_SHAQ
@jenshwa
@tenakim
@3B1M
good follows who are not that funny but pretty interesting:
@PastorRickS
@RevRunWisdom
there you go =D hope this helps. its like a #followtuesday comment. LOL
Hilarious. I'm so thankful I found your site.
http://www.twitter.com/mdemuth
A-Tuff – I think you are funny. I am now following you on Twitter.
#2 – (singing) It won't be a stylish marriage,I can't afford a carriageBut you'll look sweet upon the seat Of a bicycle made for two.
#10 – I love that sound!
#12 – The animal or the old woman with the young guy?
Jon, you are one of the funnier ones I follow on twitter, like the one about the automatic doors, the
"On any given day, the most creative thing I do is try to talk my 3 year old into using the bathroom" on is very funny… as long as you make some people laugh that's good, i doubt i make anyone laugh with mine
ooh one more thing… you can change your twitter name in settings and prodigaljon probably isn't taken….
Not a bad one today, Jon. "Ever catch yourself listening to/liking Delilah radio and then instantly change the station so no one catches you? No? Oh, then me neither." Haha.
Here's a twitter tip I learned: leave enough characters out of your tweet so people can RT you easily. "RT @prodigaljohn" takes 17 characters, so… and you can hate me for this… it's even better to tweet funny things in 123 characters than 140.
I already follow all of you guys and you CRACK ME UP! I think you help make Twitter what it is supposed to be. You make following you fun. I'm pulling for you.
(then again, I just copied and pasted the same comment on Tripp, Tyler & Bryan's blog too so don't let my endorsement go to your head)
Seriously though, I really enjoy your Tweets. Keep em coming.
I would just like to point out here that while Jon's tweets are funny, he's not bringing his "A" game to the twitter. He needs to step it up a notch to compete with @bryanallian and @tylerstanton
And me, of course: @katdish
(just thought I throw that out there and see if anyone bites.)
@katdish is the funniest.
I think you are the funniest person I follow on Twitter! The tweet about the pact you and your wife made was a favorite of mine!
Haha, 2 to 1 jelly to pb ratio? Make it 3 or 4 to 1 for me, please.
Really enjoy reading your blog, btw. Discovered it a few days back.
@fakejohnpiper is hilarious, but he doesn't tweet very often.
If you aren't afraid of some vulgarity, @michaelianblack can pull it out every once and a while
@mindykalling is funny (she plays Kelly on the office)
And whoever said @rainnwilson is funny is absolutely right
@badbanana, definitely.
Sorry Katdish, not going to bite. I fell for that old "It's only a worm hanging in the water" trick too many times.
follow james lileks
HAHAHHHAHAHAH
@stephyds DEFINITELY!