Top 10 funniest tweets about Gaddafi’s downfall

A woman walks on a street carrying a pre-Gadhafi's flag during the celebrations of the capture in Tripoli of his son and one-time heir apparent, Seif al-Islam, at the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, early Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli in a lightning advance Sunday that met little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi's defenders melted away and his 40-year rule appeared to rapidly crumble. The euphoric fighters celebrated with residents of the capital in the city's main square, the symbolic heart of the regime. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

As Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s dictatorship teeters on the brink of total collapse, commentators have taken to Twitter to send their well wishes to the Libyan people and to tweet their best jokes. The jokes have ranged from poking fun of the many spellings of Gaddafi’s name to lampooning MSNBC for not having live coverage of the situation until very late.

Here are the top 10 funniest tweets so far:

10. farhanmasood: BREAKING: Gaddafi captured for 9th time, after being killed 6 times Whoa!!

9. robinenergy: Do you think the plagiarism will be brought up at Saif’s ICC trial

8. tomgara: Gaddafi packing bags, aides say there will be spoons at the compound in Algiers. Gaddafi insisting he needs to pack the the SPECIAL SPOONS.

7. mcmoynihan: I wonder which of the Qaddafis will hire Ramsey Clark.

6. michellemalkin: So one of Qaddafi’s sons has been arrested. What about Cynthia McKinney? #libya

5. sethmeyers21: Gaddafi is ousted but Qaddafi fights on. No one can find Gadhafi.

4. jeffjarvis: I’m waiting for S&P to downgrade #libya.

3. RyanLizza: Either the warfare in the streets of Tripoli looks oddly like US cops macing wedding party in suburbs or MSNBC has no live coverage of Libya.

2. greggutfeld : Watching all of gadafi’s sons get arrested makes me think he was also a lousy dad.

1. NoahPollak : I guess Gaddafi is never gonna make General.

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