30 Of The Most Hilarious “My Family Is Weird Tweets” People Shared For Jimmy Fallon’s Challenge
With Thanksgiving finally over, we all had the chance to remind ourselves of just how weird our families are. The phenomenon is quite well known—it may not seem like a big deal to you, but to your friends, coworkers and outsiders in general, you may resemble a bunch of weirdos.
So when Jimmy Fallon tweeted “It's Hashtags time!” and asked everyone to share “a funny, weird, or embarrassing thing a family member has done or said” for his new challenge, it was destined to go viral. So today we’re diving into some of the weirdest, silliest, and most hilarious #MyFamilyIsWeird stories people tweeted and it’s one hell of a chuckle ride.
Buckle up, scroll down, upvote your favorite tweets and share how weird your own family is in the comment section! After you’re done, there’s more of the funniest “My Family Is Weird” stories from 8 months ago waiting right here for your amusement.
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Bored Panda reached out to one Twitter user named Bonnie, who goes by the handle @Bonniezzila, who shared a tweet for Fallon’s #MyFamilyIsWeird challenge. It read as follows: “My birthday falls on Thanksgiving occasionally, and when it does, my family puts birthday candles in the turkey.” When asked whether she sees his family as a bunch of weirdos, Bonniezilla said that she indeed does but added that “in New Jersey, we’re all weird here.”
“We like blowing stuff up for fun because every guy in my family is a firefighter. We are a family of helpers,” The Twitter user said and added that family is very important to her. So much that she decided to move back to New Jersey from Colorado “because I was so sad it was impacting my mental health."
Just like all the families, Bonnie believes that her family is full of weird little quirks. “My dad just retired from Amtrak and being part of the railroad is its own weird thing, '' she said and added that “I think we're particularly weird here because of chemical exposure from Dupont.”
The Twitter user is referring to the fact that for years DuPont manufactured PFAS-type chemicals, also known as “forever chemicals,” in a plant near the Delaware river. As a result, for decades, locals have been exposed to drinking water tainted by a group of chemicals called PFAS, used widely for decades in products like Teflon pans, stain-resistant carpets, even cosmetics. The exposure has been either from direct contact or from polluted ground and surface water and soil, and have been linked to debilitating health conditions, obesity, birth defects, and cancer.
More about the incident and the story of DuPont pollution in New Jersey can be read here. In her pinned tweet, Bonnie said that “I was seriously about to cry when they took pics of my teeth for this story, but the truth needs to be told” referring to this story. She also told us that “they have the highest incidence of autism per Capita in the US” which is likely related to chemical exposure.
This used to happen regularly with my mum. She bought things so far in advance, that she'd often forgotten what they were by the time we came to open them, so sometimes it was a genuine surprise!
When my mom died, there were ungifted items she'd bought on vacation with my dad, twenty some years before.
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I buy myself a Christmas and birthday gift each year. If there's nothing I want or need, I take myself to a meal and movie.
I took myself to a fancy sampling menu restaurant for my 65th; mom loved good food, it was in her honor.
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We have a rule that no one is allowed to buy anything for themselves during December unless it’s urgent, and anything that comes into the house that can gets wrapped and put under the tree. And that’s the story of how my grandma ended up getting a 24 pack of Kleenex boxes for Christmas one year.
My Mum always made a Christmas pudding with thrippences and sixpences in it. My Dad would always pretend to choke on a coin! We had to stop this tradition when the grandkids came along because they really thought Grampy was choking and were frightened for him.
I buy something for myself and wrap it. The name on the card is always from one of my cats. First time I did this, my husband looked so surprised 😂
I think that's mean. Maybe because of my experience as a child. I'm the less loved child and my mother would always say things like, "We found you on the beach". "Someone threw you in the garbage"., etc. She didn't stop until I started to cry. Then she never said it again but that's just mean.
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not weird. but each Christmas my grand parents always told us to don't give them presents, to keep our money to ourself. When i had my first kid i decide to give them a calendar with picture of him. They never ask that again. Even more they were expecting that gift every christmas. it goes on for 12 years now. but now with pictures of my 3 kids. but it makes others jalouse :-) i have to make 3 each years for my mom and mother in law :-)
When my mom was a kid one of her brothers used to play practical jokes on her to the point where she would get so mad at him she'd try to beat him up. Note: back in the late 30's & early 40's beating another kid up was considered normal behavior 😳) As an adult she considered it to be her calling to get back at him. Whenever we went to my aunt & uncle's cottage she would take her revenge on him. One Labor Day weekend we were sitting eating dinner & my mom drew a tiny water pistol out & squirted him in the face as he took a mouthful of food. He looked at her & said "I'll get you for this". We went up to their cottage regularly throughout the year. The next Labor Day we are sitting quietly eating dinner. Out comes a water pistol & my uncle got my mom in the face while she was taking a bite of food. He said " I told you I'd get you for that". One time she tied the bathroom door shut with him in it. Ha! No. In he came through the side door. He heard her & climbed out the window. Ha!
When I was 10 the whole family was at my grandmas for NYE and we were all using plastic champagne glasses that had detachable bases. We were outside ringing in the New Year and we came in my grandma noticed hers was missing so was going around shouting, "I lost my bottom has anyone seen my bottom!" It was so funny that we used to tease my grandma til the day she died about losing her bottom! The weirdest part of the whole thing was we never found that plastic base!
My turn! My younger sister recently came downstairs and said to out mom, "Mommy... I was going to the bathroom... and I just could not stop pooping." She then proceeded to say that it was mushy, and that when she went to wipe, poop just started coming out. #myfamilyisweird
When we were little, our grandparents would take us to Church in the middle of Seattle. The trip home would require us going up steep hills. As soon as we started to climb one, my grandfather would say "Everyone lean forward so we can get up the hill!" And we'd all lean forward as far as we could.
not weird. but each Christmas my grand parents always told us to don't give them presents, to keep our money to ourself. When i had my first kid i decide to give them a calendar with picture of him. They never ask that again. Even more they were expecting that gift every christmas. it goes on for 12 years now. but now with pictures of my 3 kids. but it makes others jalouse :-) i have to make 3 each years for my mom and mother in law :-)
When my mom was a kid one of her brothers used to play practical jokes on her to the point where she would get so mad at him she'd try to beat him up. Note: back in the late 30's & early 40's beating another kid up was considered normal behavior 😳) As an adult she considered it to be her calling to get back at him. Whenever we went to my aunt & uncle's cottage she would take her revenge on him. One Labor Day weekend we were sitting eating dinner & my mom drew a tiny water pistol out & squirted him in the face as he took a mouthful of food. He looked at her & said "I'll get you for this". We went up to their cottage regularly throughout the year. The next Labor Day we are sitting quietly eating dinner. Out comes a water pistol & my uncle got my mom in the face while she was taking a bite of food. He said " I told you I'd get you for that". One time she tied the bathroom door shut with him in it. Ha! No. In he came through the side door. He heard her & climbed out the window. Ha!
When I was 10 the whole family was at my grandmas for NYE and we were all using plastic champagne glasses that had detachable bases. We were outside ringing in the New Year and we came in my grandma noticed hers was missing so was going around shouting, "I lost my bottom has anyone seen my bottom!" It was so funny that we used to tease my grandma til the day she died about losing her bottom! The weirdest part of the whole thing was we never found that plastic base!
My turn! My younger sister recently came downstairs and said to out mom, "Mommy... I was going to the bathroom... and I just could not stop pooping." She then proceeded to say that it was mushy, and that when she went to wipe, poop just started coming out. #myfamilyisweird
When we were little, our grandparents would take us to Church in the middle of Seattle. The trip home would require us going up steep hills. As soon as we started to climb one, my grandfather would say "Everyone lean forward so we can get up the hill!" And we'd all lean forward as far as we could.
