Top Tweets: Unearthed Chilean Miner Edition

Ray Gustini Oct 13, 2010

At first glance, it seems a bit insensitive for Twitter to be making fun of the trapped Chilean miners on the very day they returned to the surface world. In Twitter's defense, they were probably just anxious. With (almost) all of the miners now out safe, Wednesday proved an opportunity to cram 69 days worth of snark into one afternoon.

The Wrap's Dylan Stableford said goodbye to an old favorite

Sadly, it looks like today is the last day I'll be able to use the phrase, "trapped like a Chilean miner."less than a minute ago via Mobile WebDylan Stableford
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Yahoo! Sports blogger Holly Anderson fumed over missing out on a post-apocalyptic psych-out

It is the disappointment of my year that the miners weren't pulled out by rescuers in Planet of the Apes costumes.less than a minute ago via Tweed webOSHolly
Nastinchka

@thecajunboy wondered what America's favorite anchorman would have done with the story

Just think how much worse the Chilean miner hysteria would be if Rick Sanchez were on the air today. Apparently, there is a God.less than a minute ago via webBrett
thecajunboy

The Daily Beast's Howard Kurtz thrilled as the story somehow got more salacious...

The 21st miner met by mistress, not wife? The wife leaves the rescue? Just what this story needed.less than a minute ago via webHowardKurtz
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...while The Huffington Post's Jason Linkins fumbled with geology jokes

The Chilean miner with the wife and the mistress...doesn't that technically make him a "conflict mineral?"less than a minute ago via TweetDeckJason Linkins
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Author Bret Easton Ellis identified with the miners' plight

Italy. Hotel in Turin. Watching the Chilean miners being saved and just realized: I've been on this tour longer than they've been trapped...less than a minute ago via webBret Easton Ellis
BretEastonEllis

@ArkansasFred kept on the lookout for a Wilson brother

The 14th rescued minor is a carrier pigeon handler and poet. Is Wes Anderson writing this script?less than a minute ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®Arkansas Fred
ArkansasFred

The New York Times' Dave Itzkoff poked fun at a bad day at the Franzen household

Of the 18 miners rescued so far, none are Jonathan Franzen. Another incredible snub.less than a minute ago via webDave Itzkoff
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ABC's Jake Tapper found it easy to settle back into his non-miner daily routine

FLU SHOT!less than a minute ago via ÜberTwitterJake Tapper
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