So i had a week off with some visiting friends to go on a road trip and visit the Kruger National Park and we saw some crazy amazing animal sights… but i also missed all of you and so am super ready to dive back into this week’s game… [And with tomorrow being my birthday there is a special and quite easy way you can help make it the best birthday ever – check this out!]

But first there is the little business of reminding ourselves of all the greatness you came up with creating a whole new brand of Confusing Proverbs two weeks ago. Remembering, as always, that is becomes a lot easier to keep track of all the games happening if you download the free @HashtagRoundup app, so make sure you install that and come and play…

As always you completely brought it and we did a little bit of the Trendaging:

@AFrikkinHashtag the 1st mention of #ConfusingProverbs appears on your TL. Now is Trending Topic in United States! #trndnl

— Trendinalia USA (@trendinaliaUS) January 6, 2016

Always great to have the Canadians playing along – could it be cos your actual Proverbs are already super confusing and you were just sending them in?

#3 trending hashtag Canada/#4 USA #ConfusingProverbs w/@KeshaTedder @AFrikkinHashtag @BrettFishA

— Hashtag Roundup (@HashtagRoundup) January 6, 2016

THE GAME

For this game i decided to give a little more direction:

Winner’s Guide for this week’s @AFrikkinHashtag game #ConfusingProverbs – Quality not Quanity – spend some time… pic.twitter.com/fVrwjGivZT

— A Frikkin Hashtag (@AFrikkinHashtag) January 6, 2016

And as always some helpful examples:

For those of you still a little confused, here is one: #ConfusingProverbs @HashtagRoundup with @KeshaTedder in tow pic.twitter.com/ZxnOHb6k4v

— A Frikkin Hashtag (@AFrikkinHashtag) January 6, 2016

And even pointed to a great app that i use to create my picture messages:

I use a program called @Canva to create mine – easy, simple, quick – creativity is all me though. #ConfusingProverbs pic.twitter.com/rfj3VWAhRa

— A Frikkin Hashtag (@AFrikkinHashtag) January 6, 2016

The hope with this week’s game was more than just twisting already existing proverbs which a lot of you did well, but also to inspire totally new, completely made up ones:

We are not just Altering Idioms here: get creative – start from scratch & show me what you got: #ConfusingProverbs pic.twitter.com/GmDt8ZQ7BK

— A Frikkin Hashtag (@AFrikkinHashtag) January 6, 2016

Dropping her Nemesis conflict for two hours to help out was the ever present Kesha “Binksie” Tedder:

#ConfusingProverbs Better at a late time than never at a specific time

— Kesha Tedder (@KeshaTedder) January 6, 2016

i have decided that @AFrikkinHashtag and @NandosSA feel like distant cousins and so started my devious plan to get them on board as official sponsors, inviting you to add them into your tweets [which you should do every week til they cave!]:

And then, as usual, i had a few samples to get you going:

i think you get the idea… and you completely did, because the tweets came thick and fast and there really were too many good ones to choose a top ten list of… but, as always, we did manage to grab a few here and there and so this week’s offerings who made it on to the:

FISH LIST OF PRIZEWORTHYNESS

in no particular order are:

Dhanaraj had something against apples:

A Doctor A Day, Keeps The Apple Away #ConfusingProverbs

— Dhanaraj (@Dhanarajtweet) January 6, 2016

While John found a way to musically proverb us
and it made SO MUCH sense:

If at first you don’t succeed, try a little tenderness. #ConfusingProverbs

— Johnsense (@John_Cioch) January 6, 2016

Jeff clearly had some childhood memories he was trying to escape:

A bird in hand only leaves you with one hand #ConfusingProverbs

— Jeff Dwoskin (@bigmacher) January 6, 2016

Ms Hashtag told us we gotta work harder in the wrongs department:

#ConfusingProverbs Two wrongs don’t make a third

— Little ol’ me (@Ms_Hashtag) January 6, 2016

Dave sounded like he might have tested this one out:

A fool and his monkey are soon partying #ConfusingProverbs

— dave lyon (@bonesnorkel) January 6, 2016

While Hashtag King tried to save us from unwanted Camel attention:

If you stay in the water too long, the camel will judge #ConfusingProverbs

— The # King (@ANGRYref) January 6, 2016

Jeff had us considering ‘Where is my egg?’

Man is no good with egg in hand, must have egg in heart #ConfusingProverbs

— Jeff Dwoskin (@bigmacher) January 6, 2016

Octopus Caveman helped us towards becoming one:

#ConfusingProverbs one must do for oneself what one does when becoming one with the oneness of everyone

— Octopus/Caveman (@OctopusCaveman) January 6, 2016

Adrian spoke the truth:

Don’t put all your baby’s bathwater in one basket #ConfusingProverbs

— Adrian Lui (@adrianlui) January 6, 2016

While Rain issued an appropriate warning:

Don’t throw the baby in the bath water in the corner. #ConfusingProverbs @AFrikkinHashtag

— Rain E. (@Rainearthimbue) January 6, 2016

Adrian returned with this depth:

A bird in the hand is in the eye of the beholder #ConfusingProverbs

— Adrian Lui (@adrianlui) January 6, 2016

While Sophie helped keep us grounded:

#ConfusingProverbs Hope for the best, but prepare for a flock of birds pic.twitter.com/P3vcNBEgnF

— SophieDiddles (@sophie_diddles) January 6, 2016

Finchie exchanged pictures for dictionaries:

#ConfusingProverbs A picture is worth $20 with which you can buy a dictionary.

— v. finch (@muchsmol) January 6, 2016

While Wayne really took us to a place:

As if #ConfusingProverbs

— Spider Wayne (@waynepitt69) January 6, 2016

Mark lamented the poor dental practitioner:

#ConfusingProverbs The dentist is a lonely hunter

— Whale Meat Again (@MarkWhalesongs) January 6, 2016

Joey went all Twitterer on us:

#ConfusingProverbs The retweet is mightier than the actual knowledge

— Joey Tomatoes (@joeytomatoes) January 6, 2016

Geff might have been speaking prophetically:

@HashtagRoundup @KeshaTedder @AFrikkinHashtag #confusingproverbs Tweet Like Nobody Is Reading

— Geff Gefferson (@GeffGefferson1) January 6, 2016

Wzyne returned with a desperate plea:

Catch me if you can, but if you do release me into the wild #ConfusingProverbs

— Spider Wayne (@waynepitt69) January 6, 2016

John brought it with one of my [and your] favourites
in the misdirection catergory:

#ConfusingProverbs You can’t have your cake and Edith

— JohnTerra (@JTtheDM) January 6, 2016

Brian got all Mathy on us:

When all else fails: X=8 Theta=62.8° #ConfusingProverbs @AFrikkinHashtag

— Brian Kachadurian (@toolguybak) January 6, 2016

i couldn’t leave my Nemesis hanging:

And i just KNOW you’ve all been waiting for this one with @KeshaTedder #HeeHee pic.twitter.com/POatXPTxKw

— A Frikkin Hashtag (@AFrikkinHashtag) January 6, 2016

Which got the community involved:

It is better to keep @KeshaTedder away from Peanut Butter, than to open a Jar Jar and remove all doubt. #ConfusingProverbs @AFrikkinHashtag

— While Ur Down There (@WhileUrDownTher) January 6, 2016

Charley got real, possibly improving on a classic?:

#ConfusingProverbs If at first you don’t succeed, cry cry again. @AFrikkinHashtag

— Charley Kaye (@charley_ck14) January 6, 2016

While Freddie had some vocational angst:

Don’t put all the eggs in the same basket. Eh!! I do online delivery. Do you mean the cart? #ConfusingProverbs

— Freddie (@Freddiemaize) January 6, 2016

Joe Blow spoke of the travel essentials we often overlook:

A journey of a thousand miles starts with one armadillo #ConfusingProverbs

— Joe Blow (@nta71) January 6, 2016

While Steve advocated a new type of pet:

Beauty is in they eye of the Bee Holder #ConfusingProverbs pic.twitter.com/YBS6OB2NZz

— Steveedub (@Steveedub) January 6, 2016

Rod blew our minds with:

#ConfusingProverbs To err is an anagram of retro.

— Apple Dumpling (@AppleKnee) January 6, 2016

Croc spoke to our very souls:

#ConfusingProverbs Be Quick but don’t hurry

— c roc (@madeUlookhuh) January 6, 2016

Chris got personal after i issued a @KeshaTedder incentive:

A watermelon a day keeps the granny away, but @KeshaTedder will never hurt you! #confusingproverbs @AFrikkinHashtag

— Chris (@BoiseBoye) January 6, 2016

And Finchie joined in:

@AFrikkinHashtag @KeshaTedder won’t cry over a spilt Jar Jar of peanut butter but @BrettFishA ‘s eyes will watermelon. #ConfusingProverbs

— v. finch (@muchsmol) January 6, 2016

Michelle was all about commitment:

#ConfusingProverbs Die for your fart.

— ❤michelle❤ (@ChelleyBeannss) January 6, 2016

i would agree with Gretel on this one most days:

#ConfusingProverbs Revenge is a fish best served cold

— Gretel Armstrong (@SugarGretel) January 6, 2016

Rod got literal:

#ConfusingProverbs A problem shaved is a bald problem.

— Apple Dumpling (@AppleKnee) January 6, 2016

Bradley gave us all reason to fight for proper shoe wear:

#ConfusingProverbs Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman’s Corns pic.twitter.com/86dz4BbVtO

— Bradley S. Howell (@BradleySHowell) January 6, 2016

SmartEPants chipped in:

Better a live coward than a dead guitar hero. #ConfusingProverbs

— SmartEPants (@3rdPerSyn) January 6, 2016

Sophie felt for the jockeys:

If you asked a jockey to get off his high horse, doubt he’d be able to without help #ConfusingProverbs

— Sophie Stevens (@sophiestevens97) January 6, 2016

Moose went to one of my favourite places:

#ConfusingProverbs Success and prosperity require remaining focused at all…SQUIRREL!!!!!

— Anony Moose (@WhatsAMottaU) January 6, 2016

While some of the rest of you confused us with these:

#ConfusingProverbs What goes around is a kid’s ride.

— Ian F. Hood (@IanFHood) January 6, 2016

Never ask a giraffe to clean under the sink. #ConfusingProverbs

— Steveedub (@Steveedub) January 6, 2016

#ConfusingProverbs Time And Tide Wait For No Man Who Thinks He Is An Island

— DC M. (@BROADSIDED55) January 6, 2016

#ConfusingProverbs People who live with winehouses shouldn’t throw rolling stones pic.twitter.com/OI2PJJnUOr

— Harold Weaver Smith (@hws5mp) January 6, 2016

#ConfusingProverbs Better be careful of caution than sorry pic.twitter.com/tULIYd9dDi

— Andy Sparks (@AndyHashtagger) January 6, 2016

Give a man a fish and he’ll smell of fish. Give a man a bath… and he’ll still smell of fish(if he’s a fishmonger) #ConfusingProverbs

— Steve Toshk (@Toshk) January 6, 2016

#ConfusingProverbs May the Force be ever in your favor

— Bill Smith (@Smith_Bill) January 6, 2016

#ConfusingProverbs I complained of having no shoes, until I met a man walking a mile in someone else’s shoes.

— JohnTerra (@JTtheDM) January 6, 2016

Finally we had this scientific accuracy:

Blood is thicker than water, but thinner than chowder. #ConfusingProverbs pic.twitter.com/lejCGnDl4y

— Weird Voyeurism (@WeirdVoyeurism) January 6, 2016

Followed by Florence who really had us pondering:

The child is father to the manhole cover #ConfusingProverbs

— mags4indy (@florence_myles) January 6, 2016

And Mike is Happy who made me so happy with this
well played one:

No Man is an Island. Unless his Name is, Like, Hawaii or Madagascar or Something. Doug Madagascar, Totally an Island. #ConfusingProverbs

— Mike is Happy (@mikeishappy) January 6, 2016

CONGRATCHUMALATIONS to everyone who made the Fish List – if you didn’t, make sure you bring your A game tomorrow – remember if it’s family friendly, fun, clever or misdirectional you have a greater chance of making the list.

Til tomorrow’s game, remember to ‘Hope for the best, but prepare for a flock of birds.’

January 20th is my birthday and so hoping that @AFrikkinHashtag will have an appropriately trendingful game [bring your friends!] but one way in which you can ensure my birthday is great is by checking out this post and helping bring the change…

[For next week’s game which was #ForYourBirthdayI, click here]