Arts & Entertainment

#SaveChompie Gets Tweet Love

What are your thoughts about the enormous inflatable shark who's getting all this love?

When Patch broke the news that Chompie won't be coming back this year for Shark Week 2011, many people took to twitter to share their frustrations about not being able to see their inflatable friend.

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Here are a few of those tweets:

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@ kristina_fulton: @KWagumz11 @SilvSpringPatch @DiscoveryComm WHAT!?!? i was looking forward to my first Shark Week in Silver Spring this year. sad day

@pauldin: But that's why I moved here!! #DTSS

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@mkpowers09:  I'm outraged! Chompie Will Not Return to Silver Spring for Shark Week 2011: http://cot.ag/jda3EQ

@darreninamerica: This week I mainly tried, and largely failed, to get people interested in @DiscoveryComm NOT bringing Chompie back to #DTSS #SaveChompie

@docsinprogress: Along with penguins, he's become 2nd mascot of #dtss

@mklozkgc: No Chompie for #SharkWeek Wash, DC: http://t.co/y99SKf9 No, no, no! This is totally unacceptable. My year is ruined. Ruined, I tell you!

@janssk: it's just not a shark week without a giant inflatable shark. duh, Discovery. http://t.co/SOxFLYa

@sharkandlasers: BOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Chompie Will Not Return for @SharkWeek 2011

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