So there we were, minding our own businesses and quietly painting flames on the Roombas. Then, suddenly, we heard a noise. Someone had sent us a Tweet!
And that’s how we found @Humpty_Dumpty. Naturally, we knew there was nothing we could do to help. After all, if he’d already called all the king’s horses and all the king’s men, what good would we be? But it did get us thinking about what other nursery rhyme characters might be out there on Twitter. We’ve got our findings all sorted in an easy-to-follow Twitter list, but read on to learn more…
We were very sad to discover that none of king’s horses and none of the king’s men seem to have a twitter account. We guess it does kinda make sense, since they’re all generally busy helping the clumsy eggs of the world. We also tried not to be discouraged when the closest we could find to “old woman who lives in a shoe” was @OldWomanOnTram. We told ourselves, “Selves, they’re out there somewhere. All you have to do is try.”
Searching “this little piggy” led us to @PiggyDBank, the twittering piggy bank. Cute, just not thematically what we were after today. Still, it was motivational, and convinced us to keep going.
The first positive hit was @TheFarmersWyfe. She seems to be very dedicated to keeping Twitter vermin free. Maybe a little too dedicated, since we couldn’t find any actual twittering mice. We’ve alerted the EPA to what she is doing and are hoping some mouse protection legislation gets pushed through quickly.
We couldn’t find anyone going to St. Ives, but we did find a way to book a trip there. So maybe that man… is really us? It’s like they always say, be careful you do not become what you seek. How meta.
The grand old @Duke_Of_York wasn’t really that grand and doesn’t seem to be an actual duke. Normally that would be a deal breaker, but we’re willing to let it slide this time, since we found this post in his small but regal feed. What can we say? We’re suckers for attention.
We were pleased to find a Solomon Grundy, even though he owes more to the comic than the nursery rhyme, and we did find a baaing black sheep that appears to be an actual, honest to goodness sheep, just a’Twittering away. So well done there. Also props to @ItsyBitsySpider, even though that account is currently private. We suppose a traumatic waterspout incident really changes you. Good luck, @ItsyBitsySpider. We hope you get the help you need.
The highlight of this search, however, was finding @ImLondonBridge. Rather than just falling down, London Bridge chooses to keep us up to date on the events that only a bridge can see. Word to the wise, you probably don’t want to ask @ImLondonBridge about @TowerBridge. There seems to be a little rivalry.
Remember you can always find great enjoyment from our slowly growing collection of Twitter lists, even if you don’t like nursery rhymes.