There is no dearth of content on Twitter. There are cat videos, witty comebacks, funny memes and a truckload of useful article links. So, for a particular post or tweet to stand out from the rest of the crowd, it needs to be highly creative or extremely hilarious. Recently, a thread by user @sixthformpoet accumulated 193,000 retweets and 434,000 likes. Read on to find out why.
It all started with the line “My dad died.” Usually, such a statement promises a sad or even morbid story ahead but the author promised that it would get funnier.
Here is how he began telling the tale of his father’s demise.
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My dad died. Classic start to a funny story. He was buried in a small village in Sussex. I was really close to my dad so I visited his grave a lot. I still do. [DON’T WORRY, IT GETS FUNNIER.]
— sixthformpoet (@sixthformpoet) June 9, 2019
Nice but I felt bad for the guy buried next to my dad. He NEVER had flowers. Died on Christmas Day aged 37, no one left him flowers and now there’s a pop-up florist in the grave next door. So I started buying him flowers. I STARTED BUYING FLOWERS FOR A DECEASED MAN I’D NEVER MET.
— sixthformpoet (@sixthformpoet) June 9, 2019
I wondered if there was a hidden connection between us, something secretly drawing me to him. Maybe we went to the same school, played for the same football club or whatever. So I googled his name, and ten seconds later I found him.
— sixthformpoet (@sixthformpoet) June 9, 2019
Buying a bouquet for a deceased man that you never saw when he was alive is both weird and sweet. But continue reading because things escalated quickly from this point in the story.
This is what happened next. The identity of the man revealed!
THAT was why no one ever left him flowers. No one except me, of course. I left him flowers. I left him flowers every couple of weeks. Every couple of weeks FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
— sixthformpoet (@sixthformpoet) June 9, 2019
I found out where they were buried, bought flowers and drove to the cemetery. As I was standing at their graves mumbling apologies, a woman appeared behind me. She wanted to know who I was and why I was leaving flowers for her aunt and grandparents. AWKWARD.
— sixthformpoet (@sixthformpoet) June 9, 2019
I explained and she said ok that’s weird but quite sweet. I said thanks, yes it is a bit weird and oh god I ASKED HER OUT FOR A DRINK. Incredibly, she said yes. Two years later she said yes again when I asked her to marry me because that is how I met my wife.
[END]— sixthformpoet (@sixthformpoet) June 9, 2019
What an ending! People were quite taken in with the story and were pleasantly surprised it turned out to be the start of a romance.
Four funerals and a wedding?
— Jeanna Louise Skinner (@JeannaLStars) June 9, 2019
This is the greatest story ever. Except for the murdery part. But I even quite liked that . So.
— Minnie Driver (@driverminnie) June 10, 2019
Holy shit! Talk about a twist with a double backflip and a perfect landing! Congratulations on finding one another!
— Justin 'FibroDruid' Lane (@PhunkaeMunkae) June 9, 2019
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OMG. BEST THREAD EVER!! 👏👏👏😂😂
— Indira Stewart (@Indiratweets) June 10, 2019
We don’t know for sure if the tale is based on true events or not, but we agree with the Internet that it absolutely is movie material. Or a TV show. Or a book!