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World's oldest Tweeter talks cuppas and casserole

telegraph.co.uk — Her first posts have included “Looking forward to Deal or No Deal later,” “just having a cuppa,” and “chicken casserole was lovely, going to have a nod now.”

Who dugg this? Made popular May 16, 2009

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  • LeviTheSmith, on 05/16/2009, -1/+44From her Twitter page
    "i won 3 games but poor mabel cant see very well so a bit of cheating going on"

    She is awesome
  • mcnearcj, on 05/16/2009, -2/+43BREAKING: Old people can use computers too!
  • dinglebutt, on 05/16/2009, -9/+41BREAKING: Their hips
  • ZincSaucier, on 05/16/2009, -0/+24she's tweeting about reaching 5,000 followers. wait till she learns about the digg effect.
  • algaeturd, on 05/16/2009, -9/+28Perfect example of how absurd tweeting is when taken out of 'i'm cool, look at me and my awesome life' context. Obviously this woman is as boring as the next person but it doesn't stop her from trying.
    Whether you're 14 or 90...you're still just a boring person trying as hard as you can to get a bit of attention.
  • VdigginG, on 05/16/2009, -3/+18Help!

    I twittered and I can't get up!!!
  • adsbyeaaaaaaarl, on 05/16/2009, -0/+15Something smells fishy here. If you notice this woman made 26 updates to Twitter- She also signed up 2 days ago, on May 14. And, Telegraph newspaper last updated the page with the story on it yesterday, the 15th. So it seems to me, someone called the newspaper, told them they had a very old lady living in the Rest Home and she was going to sign up on Twitter and the Telegraph paper should get there immediately to cover the story....Anybody else think this is BS?
  • T8erT0T, on 05/16/2009, -1/+10Her life is actually on par with the other 94% of Twitter users.
  • bratterscain, on 05/16/2009, -1/+8Must.....stay........socially...relevant.
    Must.....confirm.....societal....worth.
  • megaton, on 05/16/2009, -1/+8You should keep that in mind in 25 years...
  • Gguillorn, on 05/16/2009, -3/+10Says the guy posting his opinions on digg.


    Just kidding, we're all very important people, don't worry.
  • LeviTheSmith, on 05/16/2009, -0/+5Wow you suck
  • gamben0, on 05/16/2009, -0/+5Is it that one? How about that one? That one? How about that other one?
  • Fabbyfubz, on 05/16/2009, -3/+8God, I hate Deal or no Deal. Such a pointless gameshow.
  • inactive, on 05/16/2009, -6/+10Twitter is still stupid.
  • pinguz, on 05/16/2009, -2/+6After reading the description I thought it would be an Onion article
  • GamingBob, on 05/16/2009, -2/+6Her life is really exciting.
  • myemailisjustin, on 05/17/2009, -0/+4I have to agree with someone else's post about this seeming fishy to me. I mean it's exciting to think that a 104 year old woman is embracing technology. But this seems too staged.
    1. Get camera & newspaper reporter ready.
    2. Signup for twitter on 5/14
    3. Get the Article written about Grandma on Digg, and watch the followers GROW.

    This is probably just some internet marketing machine trying out some new "technique" Kudos to them, it seems to be working. Nearly 10,000 followers in 3 days.... not bad!
  • spike216, on 05/16/2009, -1/+4I smell a viral campaign.
  • dinglebutt, on 05/16/2009, -0/+3Wait a minute!
    Shake your arm, then use your form
    Stay on the scene like a sex machine
    You got to have the feeling sure as you're born
    Get it together, right on, right on.

    Get up, (get on up)
    Get up, (get on up)
    Get up, (get on up)
  • dralezero, on 05/17/2009, -0/+3And you can see in the picture in the article, at that time she only had 2 updates.
  • rodrigomuniz, on 05/16/2009, -2/+4Is she installing ubuntu 9.04 now?
  • yerdaddy, on 05/16/2009, -3/+5Think of how many old people are stuck in their houses believing TV. Give your grandma a computer.
  • willterminus, on 05/16/2009, -1/+3Well I'm glad that Surfing for Seniors video helped out
  • Danltn, on 05/17/2009, -0/+1And dance!
  • carrio110, on 05/16/2009, -5/+6I'm just going to slap you. Cuppa is a great word.
  • lumargin, on 05/26/2009, -0/+1not bad -even if its a viral campaign, its been brilliantly executed.
  • sobe4u8k, on 05/17/2009, -0/+1I agree, the youth in Asia need to declare citizenship before its too late. not everyone can be Japanese you know.
  • lumargin, on 05/26/2009, -0/+1bless her!
  • bholenath, on 05/18/2009, -0/+1Fame coming a lil late though...anyways congrats grandma!
  • sobe4u8k, on 05/17/2009, -0/+1Ya its not one of the fastest growing sites in the history of the internet at all.
    /s
  • silvernymph, on 05/19/2009, -0/+1yes i am going to follow her just now!!
  • waydee, on 05/17/2009, -1/+1Even worse is when they start talking about their "strategy"

    Beyond basic skills of deduction there is no strategy. It's the most boring, drawn out turd of a gameshow.
  • slapded, on 05/17/2009, -1/+1I can haz dentur creem?
  • WoogyDude, on 05/17/2009, -1/+1That article is bristling with Britishisms.
  • kristinagrifant, on 05/18/2009, -1/+1This is a scam, a totally staged new story by the Telegraph:

    http://digg.com/tech_news/UK_Press_Con_A_104_Year_ ...

    http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/16/did-the-uk-pr ...
  • gwhardyiv, on 05/16/2009, -10/+10If the word "cuppa" were a person, I would slap it.
  • carlingford, on 05/17/2009, -0/+0As she and the newspaper are British what else would it be,full of your fractured patois?
  • w1cked1, on 05/16/2009, -4/+2You just wanna see her boobs
  • missxmusic, on 05/17/2009, -3/+0What is wrong with some of you you people? So cynical and angry! Negativity is not attractive.
  • sobe4u8k, on 05/16/2009, -6/+3Oh Grandma,
  • dinglebutt, on 05/16/2009, -12/+9Show us your ankles!
  • wannaBdug, on 05/15/2009, -9/+4Having a cuppa myself and would definitely love a nod.
  • FlashDriveDT, on 05/16/2009, -5/+0I actually came across her on twitter today. Her tweets are a bit lame so far but its still cool! Next thing you know she's making money online...
  • Foamator, on 05/16/2009, -7/+1I'd hit it.
  • melodeath666, on 05/16/2009, -11/+3If your website's top demographic is 45-54 year old adults you know it's ***** worthless.
  • DarthVolta, on 05/16/2009, -15/+5i always hate it when people ask this, but why is this on the front page? honestly. just reread the title and think about how ridiculous it is that this is news.
  • HueyFreeman02, on 05/16/2009, -16/+5Legalize euthanasia!

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