Big Ben on Twitter

1. Alistair
   November 6th, 2009 at 10:36 am

   I'll be the first pedant to point out that big ben is the bell not the tower....

   though blatantly everyone means the tower when they say big ben... so it's a bit of a moot point

2. sj
   November 6th, 2009 at 11:16 am

   Big Ben is the clock, not the tower.

3. sj
   November 6th, 2009 at 11:17 am

   Oh. Wonder why that first comment stating the same didn't show?

4. pwscott
   November 6th, 2009 at 3:56 pm

   The only comment neccesary is...WTF. I don't need a national landmark on Twitter. (Tower of Pisa? oh I'm going to fall. Whew. Not yet. AAAAHHH. Sorry false alarm still standing. Hey Eiffel you suck.)

5. Berick Cook
   November 6th, 2009 at 4:37 pm

   Cute idea. Oh, and pwscott? I would follow the tower of pisa. XD

6. Woogie
   November 7th, 2009 at 12:19 am

   Alistair is correct. It is neither the clock nor the tower, IT IS THE BELL THAT IS BIG BEN.

7. b°b
   November 7th, 2009 at 9:13 am

   more fun when you add @coucou_suisse to your timeline too!

8. bud
   November 7th, 2009 at 2:33 pm

   When the British Monarchy first became a twitter account, I followed them for exactly this reason, they tended to post their updates every hour on the hour exactly. So I could tell when an hour had passed when reading my tweets.

   Now, with Ben here, I know what time it is for all the Brit Twits I follow.

9. rw
   November 8th, 2009 at 1:29 am

   Big Ben is the entire tower including the clock and the bell you dumb naggers

10. Christopher
    November 8th, 2009 at 1:42 am

    Big Ben is the name of the large bell within the tower.

11. Christopher
    November 8th, 2009 at 1:46 am

    Its about 10 feet tall and back in the days before TV and nice cars people took pride in things like having a very large bell. The Great Bell is referred to as "Big Ben". While it is acceptable to call the tower/clock/bell unit "Big Ben" to refer to either the clock or the tower alone as "Big Ben" is incorrect.

12. Shy
    November 8th, 2009 at 2:57 am

    At least make it interesting - the London Bridge is on Twitter and talks smack about other bridges and people crossing the bridge.

13. Monica
    November 9th, 2009 at 3:22 am

    Cute idea

    Big Ben needs an avatar and a cool big ben background though! They should do the old guy some justice!

14. carbontwelve
    November 9th, 2009 at 8:38 am

    actually im sure big ben is not the name of the clock or the tower but the name of the bell that rings inside. I was always told its westminster tower, and westminster clock...

15. jordanh
    November 9th, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    If you are a True Blood fan therea re twitters for things like.. Erics tank top and MEat tree and Bills fireplace

16. Slacker Radio Podcast
    November 9th, 2009 at 4:49 pm

    Big Ben is a terrible tweeter, with twats that say one word, over and over again, sounds like every high school girlfriend I ever had.

17. e cigarette
    November 9th, 2009 at 9:50 pm

    Ticking and tocking!

18. Paul5
    November 10th, 2009 at 7:05 pm

    what is this all about, a historical monument now on twitter, that's a bit much

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