I thought you all would appreciate this Purim piece I wrote a few years ago. : )
For those of you who don’t know Twitter…
- @ = directed at someone specific.
- # = “file under.”
AchashveiroshAdvisor1: @JewsofShushan PARTY AT THE PALACE!
KingAchash: @AllAdvisors Bring Vashti ASAP #ShowOffTheWife
QueenVashti: @Advisor2 I ain’t goin’ nowhere…
KingAchash: Time for a new wife!
AchashveiroshAdvisor1: @WomenofShushan All the single ladies must come to the palace #UglyNotIncluded
HadassahEsther: I’m not going.
Royal Guards: @HadassahEsther You must come with us.
Heigai: @WomenofShushan Makeup counter is to your left.
KingAchash: Picked my new wife! #Esther
HadassahEsther: : (
MordiJew: @HadassahEsther I am sitting by the gate #WatchingYou
Bigsan&Seresh: Guess what we’re up to!?
MordiJew: @HadassahEsther Bigsan and Seresh out to kill your hubby
HadassahEsther: @MordiJew Will let him know, thanks.
KingAchash: Mordechai saved my life #Chronicles
KingAchash: @Haman You’re gonna be my right-hand man
Haman: @KingAchash Sweet! Everyone is going to have to bow to me now #Power
MordiJew: @Haman Not gonna bow #JewsDon’tDoThat
Haman: Problem solved #GetRidofJews
Haman: @KingAchash Those Jews are awful. Can I kill them?
KingAchash: @Haman Sure, why not.
AchashveiroshAdvisor: 13th day of Adar- Jews are going down!
MordiJew: Oy! #JewsNeedToFast
HadassahEsther: @MordiJew OMG!
MordiJew: @ HadassahEsther Esther, talk to the king!
HadassahEsther: @KingAchash @Haman Please come over for a dinner party
KingAchash: @ HadassahEsther Sure
Haman: @ HadassahEsther Free food, I’m there!
KingAchash: Dinner with the wife and right-hand man #Awesome
KingAchash: @HadassahEsther What can I do for you, Esther?
HadassahEsther: @KingAchash Come over tomorrow with @Haman for another dinner party
Haman: Saw Mordechai today, he still wouldn’t bow! #BuildingaGallow
KingAchash: I can’t sleep
KingAchash: @Advisor2 Read me my chronicles
Advisor2: @KingAchash I opened the book. Remember the time Mordechai saved your life?
KingAchash: @Advisor2 Yes, what did he get?
Advisor2: @KingAchash Nothing, Sir.
KingAchash: @Haman Tell me, what shall be done for a man the king wishes to honor?
Haman: The king must be talking about me #Awesome
Haman: @KingAchash Let him wear the king’s royal robes and a crown. Let him ride the king’s royal horse.
Haman: @KingAchash Oh! And let a servant walk before the horse and say “this shall be done to the man whom the king wishes to honor!” That would be cool…
KingAchash: @Haman Nice! Find Mordechai the Jew and do what you said #NiceGuysGetRewarded
Haman: Horrible day! At least I get another free dinner tonight #DinnerAtThePalace
KingAchash: @ HadassahEsther Great dinner, now what can I do for you?
HadassahEsther: @KingAchash Please spare my life and the life of my people!
KingAchash: @ HadassahEsther Who would do such a thing!?
HadassahEsther: @KingAchash Your wicked advisor @Haman!
KingAchash: Hanged Haman today. #EvilGuysAlwaysGetFoiled
@JewsAroundTheWorld Don’t forget to fulfill the mitzvot of Purim! Listen to the Megillah, have a Purim meal, send gifts of food (mishloach manot), and give gifts to the poor.
(c) Miriam Wartell
