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The funniest Twitter birthday tweets

twitter cakeTwitter turned seven today. It’s come a long way from Jack Dorsey’s first tweet, and many of its 200 million active users figured out some pretty ridiculous ways to celebrate their favorite micro-blogging site in under 140 characters.

Some were a little on the scandalous side:

Some were matter-of-fact:

Some took cheap shots:

Some got political:

And others were just weird:

Did you wish Twitter a happy birthday?

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