New Game

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

David Lloyd is quite vicious in his replies so I am always wary of saying anything to him. I did just get retweeted by Phil Williams from Five Live though....

[Latina]

I don't have any argument with his views on the papal visit, but he and a lot of other twitterers have been a bit too pleased with themselves in the way they've expressed themselves. A bit smug. Stephen Fry has managed to avoid this.

I know (I just read your tweets), I was referring to some of his other comments (why would he even bother arguing with those people?), although it did seem to matter to him what you thought. And I agree with your point about some of the celebs. But as a Catholic I couldn't help but find some of it hurtful, and I really shouldn't have, because I don't like the pope either.

Although this doesn't concern celebs, I've seen the same thing on "the other side" too. I came across a Catholic youth worker who was aggressively tweeting with protestors about the reports of how many there were. He/she just went on and on, and kept tweeting the BBC asking them to retract the numbers they were reporting. All I could think was, "Why should it matter to you anyway? Shouldn't the pope being there - and the fact things were going better than expected - make you happy? Just shut up."

As I said in the annoying thread, being sympathetic to both sides was mega frustrating, and I think all the commotion on Twitter did was prove that are some Catholics and Atheists who know frighteningly little about each other, and many people who are moved to anger simply at the reminder that there are others out there with different views. If celebs give me that impression of them, it really disappoints me. It's true that Stephen Fry isn't like that, and I feel sorry for him having to defend himself about it. (Also, his new book is great)

[foot-loose]

How did this go then? Did anyone get a reply from a celeb?

[MK Chris]

This is clearly outside the time constraints set, but today I got a link retweeted by the comedian and political activist Mark Thomas... and I didn't even tweet him in the first place. I don't know that much about him (is he funny?) but I'm quite pleased because I'm fickle.

Edit: ooh and the Mark Thomas tweet was then retweeted by Josie Long - I know who she is, I find her quite funny!

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

He isn't funny but his book on Coca Cola is excellent

[fish heads]

I tweeted Matt Edmondson a jokey comment the other day, he not only replied but asked to use it in his video on the X-factor website which it is now on.

[MK Chris]

What's your Twitter name fishy heads?

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

Annoying Suzi Perry by saying Wolves would get relegated is my highlight.

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

Replies off Kevin Davies and Simon Hughes today I bet most don't know who at least one of them is.

[Johnny 1989]

Replies off Kevin Davies and Simon Hughes today I bet most don't know who at least one of them is.

Kevin "Elbows" Davies plays for Bolton & on his England debut got a yellow card

Simon Hughes is the Lib Dem MP for Bermondsey

[Yudster]

MPs don't count, its their job to answer our questions or address our comments. That's why they go on Twitter in the first place, to market themselves - if the reply is a self-serving action then it can't count.

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

It wasn't the MP.

[Yudster]

Good. The other Simon Hughes counts.

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

I am so happy.

[Yudster]

Damn.

[MK Chris]

Today I got a reply from Dave Gorman... the comedian, not one of the people called Dave Gorman that the comedian Dave Gorman met.

[DevilsDuck]

I got a reply from Jayne the other day

[MK Chris]

Mine trumps yours. *blows raspberry*

[DevilsDuck]

Nope! Jayne is funny. Dave Gorman was funny until Danny Wallace left

[bmstinton93]

I got one off Sara Cox once

[foot-loose]

I got one off Sara Cox once

Kinky.

[bmstinton93]

Oh i wish it was... But unfortunately it was just a tweet...

[Nicola_Red]

I once had a reply from Matt Fincham. Other than that, one from Paul Terry, who's a musician and did the Sky Lost podcasts and wrote the Lost Encyclopedia, was the height of my Twitter excitement. And if I have to explain who he is, then he really isn't a celebrity.

[bmstinton93]

Who's Matt Fincham...?

[mcmahonman]

The Hoosiers and Danny Wallace for me.