--- title: Elon Musk Penned a Twitter Novella About His Love of Floors description: The SpaceX and Tesla CEO took to Twitter to declare his undying love for floors in a series of six short, poetic tweets. canonical: https://time.com/4838979/elon-musk-twitter-floors/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-29T15:56:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:01.399Z og:title: Elon Musk Penned a Twitter Novella About His Love of Floors og:description: and the internet can't stop laughing about it og:url: https://time.com/4838979/elon-musk-twitter-floors/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Elon Musk Penned a Twitter Novella About His Love of Floors twitter:description: and the internet can't stop laughing about it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Elon Musk Has Penned an Internet Novella About His Love of Floors > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 29, 2017 3:56 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 29, 2017 3:56 PM UTC Elon Musk is known for his ambitious vision at companies like [PayPal,](http://time.com/money/4417647/jeff-bezos-ceo-cameos-movie-tv/item/elon-musk-2/) Tesla, and [SpaceX.](http://time.com/4684849/elon-musk-spacex-moon-trip-2018/) But the serial tech mogul and billionaire always [takes time to share his thoughts](http://time.com/4805947/elon-musk-dmv-zootopia/) on social media, keeping followers informed of his companies’ latest moves. And on Wednesday evening — his 46th birthday, as it happens — that penchant for candid sharing turned into a series of rapid-fire missives about his love for an unusual part of our daily lives: floors. “I love floors,” Musk mused. “They will never let you down. They are so underappreciated \[sic\]. Not as much as tunnels though. Just try one. It’s way better than you think. And I don’t care who knows it. Our love will never die.” While Musk is often lauded for his lofty ambitions (see: [space launch company](http://www.thedrive.com/news/5351/elon-musk-reveals-spacexs-incredible-mars-plans)) and insistence on efficient travel), his latest project has been much more earthbound: [digging a network of tunnels](http://www.thedrive.com/tech/9782/heres-your-first-look-at-elon-musks-tunnel-dreams). Aptly called the Boring Company, it successfully kicked off operations underneath Los Angeles on Wednesday. Whether these tweets are a hilarious publicity push to get people to think more fondly of tunnels or just Musk’s evening musings after a birthday celebration, the internet had a field day with his top-notch dad jokes and [Rick Astley](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ) sentiments. > [](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/880240049677357057) > [](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/880240283081883648) > [](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/880240682836705282) > [](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/880240745319325697) > [](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/880255239881768961) > [](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/880298154440114176) Concerned followers even questioned his sobriety, given the unusual proclamations — but Musk took the time to respond and assuage concerns about his state of health. > [](https://twitter.com/SimplyDonya/status/880298734009163777) > [](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/880301259093270530) Nevertheless, the internet came through with all of the floor, tunnel, stairs, and ceiling puns and jokes, proving that Twitter isn’t such a bad place after all. > [](https://twitter.com/brittlestar/status/880242998025625601) > [](https://twitter.com/itsBorked/status/880241510062731264) (Musk responded to that one, reframing the “elevator” pitch as “a floor that moves.”) > [](https://twitter.com/NamelessCrusadr/status/880253668389519360) > [](https://twitter.com/CoffeeLarge/status/880258483291119616) > [](https://twitter.com/yoda/status/880269982239604736) > [](https://twitter.com/poppy/status/880286599665172480) > [](https://twitter.com/Shearer/status/880256644269125633) > [](https://twitter.com/RyanHLevenson/status/880240353097400320) > [](https://twitter.com/thehighsandlo/status/880328712230649856) > [](https://twitter.com/Markoo3/status/880323355487993856) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4838979/elon-musk-twitter-floors/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4838979/elon-musk-twitter-floors/"},"headline":"Elon Musk Has Penned an Internet Novella About His Love of Floors","datePublished":"2017-06-29T15:56:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:01.399Z","description":"The SpaceX and Tesla CEO took to Twitter to declare his undying love for floors in a series of six short, poetic tweets.","url":"https://time.com/4838979/elon-musk-twitter-floors/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","twitter","Elon Musk"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4838979/elon-musk-twitter-floors/","name":"Elon Musk Has Penned an Internet Novella About His Love of Floors"}}]}] ```