What happened while Twitter was down?

As we chronicled live here at Twitchy, The Great Twitter Outage of 2012 seemed to last for ages. Since tweeps weren’t able to update the world on their thoughts while the Fail Whale was around, they made sure to catch everybody up afterward. Here are the top 15 things people did #WhileTwitterWasDown.

#WhileTwitterWasDown I wrote my tweets on scraps of paper, tied them to birds, and released them into the wild

— LOAF (@ACCrite_Loafin) June 22, 2012

Chuck Norris tweeted about Twitter being down. #WhileTwitterWasDown

— Alan ? (@AlanSimpson) June 22, 2012

https://twitter.com/_JayDreamin/status/215936799825080320

https://twitter.com/Foxyfon/status/215970275102171136

#WhileTwitterWasDown I discovered this thing called "outside" IT'S IN 3D!

— SupDaily on Twitch (@SupDaily) June 21, 2012

#WhileTwitterWasDown I Said Everything i Was Gunna Tweet To My Sister … She Looked Pissed

— – JasmineLorraine (@JazzieLBaby) June 22, 2012

#WhileTwitterWasDown Drafts:*resend,* *resend,* *resend,* *resend,* *resend,* *resend,* *resend,* *resend,* *resend.*

— тяυє тσ ѕєℓf ? (@MaKaveli340) June 22, 2012

#WhileTwitterWasDown, the #BurnNotice crew used Morse code to communicate. What did you do, #burners?

— Burn Notice (@Burn_NoticeTV) June 21, 2012

#WhileTwitterWasDown I was like https://t.co/hOvPFTrJ via @TwitPic

— Cassandra Hennessey (@MsRavynPlume) June 22, 2012

#WhileTwitterWasDown: *refresh* .. *stare* .. *refresh* .. *stare* .. *refresh* .. *cry* .. *refresh* .. *weep* .. *refresh* .. *stare* ..

— 4419 [ ia bc ramadan ] (@catchyoulaterr) June 21, 2012

https://twitter.com/Dude_itsMikey/status/215893827964252160

#WhileTwitterWasDown I followed people in real life and kept repeating what they said

— Mike Mac ™ (@TheJukebot) June 21, 2012

#WhileTwitterWasDown http://t.co/MVCt4jCP

— ♪Tati SoFresh♪ (@FakeMfsEnvyMe) June 22, 2012

#WhileTwitterWasDown I saved money by switching to geico

— Kah Lonji (@HolloKAS) June 22, 2012