Tweety bird gone wrong

“Always reach for the moon cuz if u slip u will still be a star! #JEAH,” reads one tweet from July 31. “Rock, paper, siccor……..,” is another, written on July 24.

American swimmer Ryan Lochte may have gained fame through his success in the Olympic pool (especially his victory over longtime friend Michael Phelps in the 400-meter individual medley), but he’s also drawn attention for his nonsensical and error-prone tweets.

Lochte’s Twitter has caught the eyes of many for a variety of reasons; his tweets range from oversharing (“…can’t shave my back help me out!”) to inspirational sayings with his own twist.

“The greatest athletes suffer the Hardest defeats before the biggest and best moments of your life…. God has a plain for everyone :)#jeah,” he tweeted on July 30.

“I start cracking up every time I read them,” junior Joyce Kao said, referring to Lochte’s tweets. “He tweets about the weirdest things. And why does he always use ‘#jeah’?.”

Undoubtedly, Lochte has encouraged countless fans to reach for their goals and has guaranteed success with his failure-proof advice: “How do u make your dreams come true? By the mirror on the wall! #jeah,” he wrote on July 14. Another one — “U can’t always walk a straight line, especially if the line is crooked.” Thank you, Ryan.

This all sums to up to form a very endearing image of Lochte, and it sure doesn’t hurt that he’s a great swimmer (and  pretty easy on the eyes, too).

“He’s so hot, so it doesn’t matter that he’s not the sharpest pencil in the box,” junior Katherine Sun said. “His body makes up for his pointless and random tweets.”

He’s not the only celebrity whose Twitter account has brought amusement to eager people of the Twittersphere. Comedian Rainn Wilson, best known for playing the egocentric Dwight Schrute on the NBC’s hit comedy “The Office,” frequently updates his account with priceless tweets.

Wilson often baffles many who follow him by tweeting odd things like “I dance like cherries taste,” written on Sept. 26, or “I’m ranch flavored,” from Oct. 15, both tweets spurring numerous responses from confused fans.

He often “live tweets” public events, makings serious occasions or newscasts a lot more humorous. During the first presidential debate this year he tweeted, “To liven things up, Obama should go to the next debate dressed as Big Bird,” shortly after Romney’s mentioning of his plans to end the subsidy to PBS.

While Wilson’s Twitter is well-known for his witty jokes, 66-year-old Grammy Award-winning singer Cher has a Twitter account that is popular for her obvious cluelessness with technology and incapability to use it properly.

“Lamfooo What’s that mean,” sent on June 8, 2011, and “Don’t know how to utube !” are great examples of tweets that display Cher’s dumbfounded state when it comes to anything related to electronics.

While all of Cher’s tweets are confusing, some are completely incomprehensible. On June 9, 2011 she wrote “Ok don’t know quite how my tweets r a challenge??? But Challenges rock! ‘U want some cheese with that whine’ U babies ?” Another time, she said, “Problem 4 me with pointy teeth hrs ?! Give wrong answers , don’t care bout ?’s ! Wii game suffers! Haha,” leaving thousands of fans stumped.

So next time you’re in need of a good laugh (or want to feel better about your writing skills), make sure to browse through some choice celebrity tweets. As Lochte once said, “Wake up and smell the gardens.”