The Life and Legacy of Nelson Mandela: Caption Contest Week Four, Plus Week Three Favorites!
Last week's contest celebrating texting and the 21st birthday of the first SMS message had your fingers clicking! Here are six of our favorites:
- "Let my fingers do the talking." -xBriex
- "Living in the world of LOL"- Monique
- "Breaking up – just made super easy!"-eleni
- "Generations of cursive down the drain."- TigerROS
- "Remember when beeping someone was high-tech?"-Mzejay
- "Fingers clicking, responses whirring, communication instant."- Olivia
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Festival Senior Superlatives, Six-Word Style
Last week was our first ever Six-Word Festival On Twitter, three days of #SixWords prompts and amazing responses from Six-ers like you, celebrity judges and some noteworthy drop-in's. You kept us busy: we had trending tags on Twitter for three days straight. The Festival showcased the versatility of the Six-Word story form, from funny to heartbreaking and everything in between. Here are a few highlights, too good not to share: Best Surprise Celebrity Appearance:
“@michaelianblack: "Six words that mean you're lying" - #sixlies Starting in seven minutes.” < Now I'm not a racist, but — Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) September 25, 2013Best Daily Affirmation:
@michaelianblack I don't care about the money. #sixlies #sixwords — Ted Travelstead (@trumpetcake) September 25, 2013Most Thought-Provoking:
@robdelaney where does all the time go? Counter clockwise down an Australian toilet. #sixwords— CidSeesHer (@cid_sees) September 26, 2013
Ontological and inelastic, time simply dissolves. #sixwords #timeflies @robdelaney @sixwords — Shira (@shiraselko) September 26, 2013