Wow. People who either don't want or cannot afford internet. Whodathunkit?

Will someone please tell me what Twitter *does*? I'm as "into" frivolous crap as the next person, possibly more so than some, but I cannot for the life of me see the point of these innane one-liners. The world + twitter = an episode of Ripping Yarns from where I sit.

Nitwit@someplace - "Just heard about Howard Molson's Shovel. Bummer"

Moron@somotherplace - "And it wer a spr&jcksn no3 2!

Nitwit@someplace - "Not just a number three - it had nickel scoop"

Moron@someotherplace - "jst had blk pddng - evn wht bts blk"

ANOTHERMORON@SHOUTYPLACE - "NE 1 CHK RAINGAYGE O/S TWN HLL 2 DAY?"