Ok, it's going up in the morning. And everyone wants me to stop asking about it. I'm going home to watch Homeland. It's great story though.
— carolynryan (@carolynryan) December 9, 2013
The New York Times’ political editor mega-teased an upcoming story, and speculation quickly started to flood Twitter via the #NYTGuesses hashtag.
Reaction with predictions about the Times’ “scoop” was massive and funny:
The New York Times will be delivered by drones #nytguesses
— Carol Roth (@caroljsroth) December 9, 2013
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/409866507150434304
The NYT has learned the donor of VP Cheney's heart was a prominent liberal activist and big Dem donor. #nytguesses
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) December 9, 2013
It's a … Cookbook. #nytguesses
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) December 9, 2013
https://twitter.com/TPCarney/status/409869409545908224
https://twitter.com/KentAtwater/status/409892136872452096
The terrible secret behind Eeyore and Christopher Robin's illegal honey trafficking. #nytguesses
— Bryan Costin (@bcostin) December 9, 2013
The invasion of Canada begins at dawn. They will politely greet us as liberators. #nytguesses
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 9, 2013
Google has become self-aware, and it's pissed. #nytguesses
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 9, 2013
Amazon Prime Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Delivery #nytguesses
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 9, 2013
Brennan will step down as DCI, to be replaced in an interim capacity by Macklemore #nytguesses
— Robert Caruso (@robertcaruso) December 9, 2013
Recommended
#nytguesses Ben Bernanke is really D. B. Cooper.
— I came; I saw; I got over Macho Grande (@smitty_one_each) December 9, 2013
The Ancient Chinese Secret for whiter collars. #nytguesses
— Bryan Costin (@bcostin) December 9, 2013
https://twitter.com/JeffreyGoldberg/status/409874252951605248
No one was carrying you. Those were just your footprints. #nytguesses
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) December 9, 2013
#nytguesses Turns out @BarackObama really wasn't the smartest person in the room
— Patrick Poole (@pspoole) December 9, 2013
All editorial staff to be paid in bitcoins #nytguesses
— ✨doris✨ (@416Doris) December 9, 2013
https://twitter.com/GarrettQuinn/status/409864024499965952
Someone is coming out. #nytguesses
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) December 9, 2013
https://twitter.com/OctopusGrigori/status/409860598407516161
Grandma did not, in fact, get run over by a reindeer. #nytguesses
— Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) December 9, 2013
https://twitter.com/justinjm1/status/409861246390120448
Americans are–all of a sudden, after years of decline–eating more peas. #nytguesses
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) December 9, 2013
To compete with @BuzzFeedNews, the @nytimes will name an Executive Cat Editor #NYTguesses
— Nina L. Diamond (@ninatypewriter) December 9, 2013
https://twitter.com/titonka/status/409872680066613249
https://twitter.com/GovtFool/status/409891963383468034
.@theonion's Joe Biden stories were all actually true #nytguesses
— Nick Baumann (@NickBaumann) December 9, 2013
Bloomberg to turn his Bermuda mansion into permanent retreat for NYC's homeless #nytguesses
— Adele ☕️ ? (@bruculino) December 9, 2013
#nytguesses #Whatdifferencedoesitmake
— BarbaraMcMahon((?)) (@southsalem) December 9, 2013
Nobody really knows what the word "trope" means #nytguesses
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 9, 2013
New York Times sold to Buzzfeed for $376 and an adorable puppy #nytguesses
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 9, 2013
If this last guess is correct, somebody please inform the Times that we already know:
Touré said something dumb. #nytguesses
— jon gabriel (@exjon) December 9, 2013
(h/t @einfal)
Editor’s note: The post was amended to include the hat tip, which was inadvertently omitted.