Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 07, 2010
Transcript:
Mike: Okay! We've rebooted! Ready to roll! Zonker: No mail, no problem! Send in those reader Tweets! Mike: And we're off... "Guys, I know who burned down the mail silo. If you think about who had the most to gain from the crime. It's pretty obvious that your culpr." Your culpr? Zonker: He ran out of characters. Try the next Tweet. Mike: "Trxp... ixllll." Zonker: That's a butt-Tweet. C'mon, people, work the platform!
billydub over 14 years ago
“Butt-tweet”?
grepppo over 14 years ago
Sat on his mobile phone
glslightning over 14 years ago
greppo, it could also mean that it was sent by Roland Hedley…
Dkram over 14 years ago
I have a Star Trek phone (flip phone).
\\//_
Lyons Group, Inc. over 14 years ago
I don’t tweet either, Joe-Allen. That’s for tweetidiots.
beady.el over 14 years ago
Didn’t Eddie Murphy play a character called “Butt-Tweet” ?
florchi over 14 years ago
None of the comments today (so far) appear to be over 140 characters - they all look like tweets.
S_T_F_U over 14 years ago
As if our attention span wasn’t short enough :-(
pearlandpeach over 14 years ago
rim shot! spot on, Doctor Toon.
notinksanymore Premium Member over 14 years ago
I used to think Twitter was pointless, then my boyfriend showed me that my favorite sandwich shop tweets their daily specials. I thought that was pretty cool!
Bargrove over 14 years ago
This strip couldn’t be fodder from the truth.
(old silo pun)
Potrzebie over 14 years ago
wouldn’t it be easier to just leave a voicemail?
dstufff over 14 years ago
I heard that You Tube, Twitter, and Face Book were merging into one entity. It’s going to be called YouTwitFace.
AKHenderson Premium Member over 14 years ago
Maybe that last tweet came from Trff Bmzklfrpz?
mebroske over 14 years ago
It might be easier for most to leave a voicemail, but some people are deaf. Perhaps easier to leave a text.
Reenster over 14 years ago
dstuff, I’m going to have to write that one down so I can remember it, very funny