digg

Facebook Connect Join Digg About

Big Ben Clock BONGs on Twitter Every Hour Like in Real Life

neatorama.com — Big Ben, the London clock tower, has a Twitter account. Online, it says the same thing it has always said in real life.

Who dugg this? Made popular 20 days ago

Digg DudeWhat is Digg?

Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. Digg surfaces the best stuff as submitted and voted on by the community. Take the Tour to learn more.

59 Comments

show profanity settings
expand all
  • nmffffd9, on 11/08/2009, -2/+49http://twitter.com/big_ben_clock
  • CarStan, on 11/08/2009, -1/+34thats the single best use for twitter.ever
  • Twenty, on 11/09/2009, -3/+30Bong hits for big ben
  • scruffybr, on 11/08/2009, -3/+23Now that's brillaint :)
  • angrytortilla, on 11/09/2009, -0/+16I would put my money on http://www.twitter.com/***** being the owner of that praise.
  • EverGlow89, on 11/09/2009, -2/+17Actually, the bell's name is Big Ben. Not the tower.

    /Smug.
  • mattypantsmaxx, on 11/09/2009, -1/+15BONG
  • Hawtshot, on 11/09/2009, -1/+15All the people that said Twitter was useless must be feeling pretty foolish right now.
  • kataztrophy, on 11/08/2009, -1/+14Terrific. Now I can be sure that my watch is as accurate as can be.

    *Follows Big Ben Clock because the word bong is amusing.*
  • Junior612, on 11/09/2009, -1/+14Every hour, take a rip.
  • mwtapp, on 11/09/2009, -0/+9Ben needs a new avatar.
  • norwegianlegion, on 11/09/2009, -1/+8I think I'll make a twitter account for the Seagulls from Finding Nemo.

    MINE!
    MINE!
    MINE!
    MINE!
    MINE!
    MINE!
    MINE!
    All 1 minute ago
  • TrevorBelmont, on 11/09/2009, -4/+9The bell is named Big Ben, not the tower.
  • nmffffd9, on 11/09/2009, -0/+5The BONG tweets appear to be feed from an API. So if that person does have a lot of time on their hands, not much is going towards managing this.
  • mcwattersm, on 11/09/2009, -3/+7This has less to do with weed than I thought.
  • cx0der, on 11/09/2009, -2/+69600 followers! This is insane.
  • BugMeNot2, on 11/09/2009, -0/+4This Twitter feed is very useful. If you count the BONGs, you can tell the time!
  • drex8, on 11/09/2009, -0/+4I dont know whether thats sarcasm or real honest statemnet.
  • inferno10, on 11/09/2009, -0/+4A clock has more followers than I do...depressing in some way...
  • PlasticHotDog, on 11/09/2009, -2/+5BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG
  • Davrioza, on 11/09/2009, -0/+3Don't be silly it's clearly a man typing each bong manually every hour.
  • DaviDTC, on 11/09/2009, -0/+3Took maybe an hour to set up the code?
  • ultrafez, on 11/09/2009, -0/+2Twitter is basically a personal RSS feed.
  • verynegative, on 11/09/2009, -0/+2I like dad.
  • mahouyousei, on 11/09/2009, -0/+2Tower Bridge has a twitter too. It updates openings and closings and for what kind of vessels.

    http://twitter.com/towerbridge
  • clawzkatt, on 11/09/2009, -0/+2Whoever manages this has a lot of time on their hands.
  • h0dges, on 11/09/2009, -0/+2I dunno, it's more of a DONG for me :/
  • MadHarvey, on 11/09/2009, -0/+2...The tower which holds the bell, Big Ben, is not itself named Big Ben.

    Maybe if we just keep rewording the same comment that was posted 6 times above, nobody will notice and we'll look smart!
  • tomlhare, on 11/09/2009, -0/+2Big Ben isn't a clock it is the bell that is inside the clock tower
  • arunforce, on 11/09/2009, -0/+1Why the ***** would someone follow that twitter though? Subscribe to bongs every hour?
  • Atario, on 11/09/2009, -0/+1...start again.

    Proust in his first book wrote about wrote about...
  • ridestp, on 11/09/2009, -0/+1# BONG (20:41)12:41 PM Oct 30th from API
  • rentmitchum, on 11/09/2009, -4/+5It's over 9000!
  • MissCellania, on 11/13/2009, -0/+1I would follow you.
  • lidong, on 11/09/2009, -0/+1lame or brilliant?
  • Maxamegalon2000, on 11/09/2009, -1/+2As opposed to your proofreading skills, with which everyone is "quiote" disappointed.
  • Hawtshot, on 11/09/2009, -0/+1/s
  • Nick519, on 11/09/2009, -0/+1is it on london time?
  • Davrioza, on 11/09/2009, -2/+3It's humorous and a nice gesture to bring an iconic landmark into the internet age. You are a *****. Please leave digg if you think it sucks so much. Douche.
  • SemperFly, on 11/09/2009, -0/+1Wow, I'm actually staying up an additional two minutes just so I can watch the page change. Powerful stuff.
  • cyssero, on 11/10/2009, -0/+1What next, a traffic light that reports on its status?

    Red. 1 minute ago..

    Red. 2 minute ago..

    Amber. 4 minute ago..

    I guess at least that identifies the ships passing through it.
  • Lowenfels, on 11/09/2009, -0/+1That sounds almost as annoying as following Warren Sapp on twitter.
  • Idiggapony, on 11/09/2009, -0/+1Actually, the submitter is incorrect, because "Big Ben" doesn't refer to the entire clock tower. It's the nickname for the minute hand.

    The hour hand is called "Little Orlando." It's weird, nobody knows why.

  • tomlhare, on 11/09/2009, -0/+1oops
  • Valyn, on 11/09/2009, -1/+1Anyone else tempted to "report for spam" on its twitter page?
  • getsome2k, on 11/09/2009, -1/+1This is pretty much all Twitter is good for.
  • Foenetik, on 11/09/2009, -2/+2utterly pointless and retarded, like the majority of stories here now.
  • marinebro0306, on 11/09/2009, -1/+1i wish i could bong on every hour...
  • jakobrowning, on 11/09/2009, -2/+2Yeah, we all saw that on History Channel too.
  • Fetching more discussions...
    Show 51 - 60 of 60 discussions

  • Add a Comment

    Login or register to comment!
    Or, sign-in super fast with your Facebook account ...


© Digg Inc. 2009 — Content created and posted by Digg users is dedicated to the public domain | Terms of Use Updated | Privacy Policy
DIGG, DIGG IT, DUGG, DIGG THIS, Digg graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts, and other service names are the trademarks of Digg Inc.