Nothing brings out great acerbic wit like a good political scandal, and some of Toronto’s finest tweeters proved it yesterday. In an effort to catalogue some of our local tweet greatness, we’ve complied a list of our 13 favourite tweets on Rob Ford’s latest oral gaffe. Yes, of course, we’re the one where our lovely mayor professed that he had no time to perform oral sex on any office staffers because he has more than enough to eat at home. Now that we’ve heard our mayor speaking to the press in City Hall as though he were 2 Chainz in Magic City, here, in no particular order, are some of the funniest and most insightful things we read on the subject from Torontonians both home and abroad.
13. (Laura-Louise, co-founder and producer of popular monthly storytelling series, Raconteurs.)
12. (Big Business, rap Twitter deity) [For the uninitiated: cuffing season.]
11. (Keven Soldo, comedian)
10. (Amanda Brooke-Perrin, comedian)
9. (Monica Heisey, writer and comedian)
8. (Chris Randle, writer and editor)
7. (Nick Flanagan, comedian and writer)
6. (Emily M. Keeler, writer and editor)
5. (Courtney Scharf, researcher at Trend Hunter)
4. (Daniel Woodrow, comedian)
3. (Kathryn Borel Jr., writer)
2. (Nigel Grinstead, comedian)
1. (Alexandra Molotkow, writer and editor)
Okay, good work, Toronto. Now, listen to this and tell them Rob Ford sent you.
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Jordan Sowunmi is a writer, editor and comedian living in Toronto. These are his entries. Follow him on Twitter for rap jokes and Felicity quotes: @jordanisjoso
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