After Ryan Kesler’s tweets became much more interesting while he sat around recovering from offseason hip surgery, it seemed a foregone conclusion that the Canucks’ long layoff in California would yield a little action on the Twitter front, and we weren’t disappointed, as Dale Weise (@DaleWeise32) spent most of Tuesday afternoon interacting with Canuck fans in his first day on Twitter:
Weise took to Twitter the same way he’s taken to the Canucks organization as a whole: with pure glee. It’s hard to miss how much the guy loves being a Canuck, especially after the enthusiasm with which he responded to fans. Weise sent a whopping 92 tweets in his first day, more than Kevin Bieksa and nearly as many as Ryan Kesler sent in a year, admitting a full-fledged addiction by the time he packed it in for the night.
The level of activity was so unusual that we began to suspect the account of being a fake, but it was quickly verified by Ryan Kesler and Weise’s roommate Andrew Ebbett, who likely helped Weise get set up. It’s him. Weise, meanwhile, laughed at our suspicion:
And then he showed us the holes in his hands and his feet. #DoubtingBulis
Weise became the latest in a long line of Canucks to sign up for an account in the past few months, a phenomenon we suspected might occur. While things weren’t looking up for tweeting Canucks in the wake of the Mike Duco fiasco, when Kevin Bieksa (@kbieksa3) finally caved to public pressure you knew other Canucks were on the way.
Since then, it’s been an online gold rush. Three months ago, it was Ryan Kesler (@Ryan_Kesler), and only Ryan Kesler, but this season has seen the arrival of Bieksa, Weise, Andrew Ebbett (@aebbett), and the shiner-sporting David Booth (@d_booth7).
Am I forgetting anyone? If we’re talking about guys within the organization as a whole, there’s also (@stevepinizzotto), Kevin Connauton (@k_nauts), Darren Archibald (@arch2five), Billy Sweatt (@billysweatt), and Mike Duco (@Duco1787), who’s back from the grave (understandable, since he’s a vampire) and working his tail off to convince Victor Oreskovich to sign up next.
There are more, too. Kevin Bieksa has indicated that there are a number of other Canucks simply using Twitter as a reader (and to keep tabs on their teammates’ shenanigans, presumably). This probably serves to explain the suspected Keith Ballard account (@keith_ballard4) that continues to lay dormant, as well as the suspicious @_eagle23 and @Lappy14 accounts that Kevin Bieksa is following, indicating that they’re probably Alex Edler and Maxim Lapierre, respectively.
There’s also this suspicious Herb Bagel (@slavy_72) character, whom I suspect might be some sort of onion man that travels with the team:
“Herb” bagel? Definitely an onion man.
It likely won’t be too long before a few other Canucks are tweeting as well. Who’s next? My money’s on Alex Burrows. I hope he tweets just like he speaks.
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DanD
November 9, 2011Now you need to have an #askittobulis all Canucks’ questions edition.
DanD
November 9, 2011As in, the Canucks players ask the questions, just to clarify.
Harrison Mooney
November 9, 2011Ask it to Bulis is coming later today, actually. Woo!
DanD
November 9, 2011Hooray!
madwag
November 9, 2011“Holy Crap”?! Here’s a reminder from my past with a bit of editing because this is a family blog: (To be read aloud with jitterbug enthusiasm and an upbeat jazz accompaniment.)
Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy!
Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy!
The world is holy! The soul is holy! The skin is holy!
The nose is holy! The tongue and ( ) and hand
and ( ) holy!
Everything is holy! everybody’s holy! everywhere is
holy! everyday is in eternity! Everyman’s an
angel!
The bum’s as holy as the seraphim! the madman is
holy as you my soul are holy!
The typewriter is holy the poem is holy the voice is
holy the hearers are holy the ecstasy is holy!
Holy Peter holy Allen holy Solomon holy Lucien holy
Kerouac holy Huncke holy Burroughs holy Cas-
sady holy the unknown buggered and suffering
beggars holy the hideous human angels!
Holy my mother in the insane asylum! Holy the ( )
of the grandfathers of Kansas!
Holy the groaning saxophone! Holy the bop
apocalypse! Holy the jazzbands marijuana
hipsters peace & junk & drums!
Holy the solitudes of skyscrapers and pavements! Holy
the cafeterias filled with the millions! Holy the
mysterious rivers of tears under the streets!
Holy the lone juggernaut! Holy the vast lamb of the
middle class! Holy the crazy shepherds of rebell-
ion! Who digs Los Angeles IS Los Angeles!
Holy New York Holy San Francisco Holy Peoria &
Seattle Holy Paris Holy Tangiers Holy Moscow
Holy Istanbul!
Holy time in eternity holy eternity in time holy the
clocks in space holy the fourth dimension holy
the fifth International holy the Angel in Moloch!
Holy the sea holy the desert holy the railroad holy the
locomotive holy the visions holy the hallucina-
tions holy the miracles holy the eyeball holy the
abyss!
Holy forgiveness! mercy! charity! faith! Holy! Ours!
bodies! suffering! magnanimity!
Holy the supernatural extra brilliant intelligent
kindness of the soul!
Berkeley 1955
The Bookie
November 9, 2011I know, I wish they could have found a better word than that too. ‘holy’ just has too many religious connotations for one such as myself, but what can you do…?
Harrison Mooney
November 9, 2011With the complaint seconded, a change has been made, gents. Sorry for offending.
DanD
November 9, 2011I recommend “Wowie Zowie!” Works great and is completely inoffensive.
The Bookie
November 9, 2011oh I wasn’t actually complaining, just poking fun
madwag
November 10, 2011nor was i complaining. i just was offering a work of one of the greatest beat poets and one of the more prominent american poets of the twentieth century. i’m rather disappointed that your jock readership was so unappreciative.
beninvictoria
November 9, 2011i hope Burrows tweets like the Russian players and does emoticons with no eyes. ))) 00000 ((((((( PPPPPPP
pitbismyfave
November 9, 2011And then he showed us the holes in his hands and his feet. #DoubtingBulis
ha!
I think it’s great that more players are getting on Twitter!
Timmy
November 9, 2011My bet’s on AV tweeting from the bench.
@ryan_kesler @d_booth7 @aebbett @kbieksa3 @Keith_Ballard4 youre on PP next. get ready
sarah
November 9, 2011Dale Weise is my new favourite!
The Bookie
November 9, 2011Herb Bagel? slA.V.y_72?
I say we hold Alain nickname-hostage until someone tells us who the real Herb Bagel is…
Anony
November 13, 2011Just noticed that Bieksa, Kesler, Dan Murphy, and Linden follow someone on twitter named ‘herb bagel’ Herb Bagel
Herb Bagel
@slavy_72
Who is this person?
Harrison Mooney
November 13, 2011At the end of this post, we suggest he’s an onion man.
But in actuality, I think he’s an agent or lawyer or representative of some sort.
Anony
November 13, 2011Oh my, ok, just noticed that this @_Eagle23 character (presumably Edler) is following someone else named Herb Bagels @slavy_80 …. so odd….