Ten Top Tweets: Nobody puts memories of Swayze in the corner
This week, our Ten Top Tweets celebrates the life of Patrick Swayze through Haiku. Although he was nominated for three golden Globes over the course of his 30-year career, Patrick Swayze measured his success by lives touched, not money made or awards won (EW).
Ten Top Tweets is a weekly compilation based on a Twitter Meme — trends, activities or sayings associated with Twitter.
One of the most popular Twitter Memes is Follow Friday (#followfriday), which invites all users to suggests other Twitter users to follow, each Friday.
10. RIP Patrick Swayze. /He taught us an important / lesson: Pain don’t hurt. @CousinBrandon
9. You were a fake ghost. But now you are a real ghost. Ditto, Swayze, Ditto… @LawrenceChi
8. Taught us how to dance. Blew up chumps at double deuce. R I P Swayze. @derrich
7. An hour in bed. Gym followed by a long day. Mom cried for Swayze. @mikepetersen
6. patrick swayze’s gone/ started out dirty dancing / graceful to the end @researching
5. Red Dawn Wolverine / Dancing Dirty With Jen Grey / I Miss Her Old Nose @ethanpersoff
4. with a warm smile/he fox-trots right through the gates/as we wave goodbye. @emotionaldriver
3. Now Patrick’s a ghost. Did the shadow-wraiths take him? He’s Dirt-Nap Dancing. @Saint714
2. I’m not a dancer. Nor am I a movie star. Still Swayze-esque, yes? @BoxerDogLewis
1. Your dance was dirty. You made me believe in Ghosts. And now you are one. @bjameslynch
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Well, you’ve played the part
of a ghost taken too soon.
And now you are one.
Well, you’ve played the part
of a ghost taken too soon.
And now you are one.