never_tweet.py

import tweepy
from config import *
import requests
requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings()

auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(ckey, csecret)
twitter = tweepy.API(auth)

query = str(raw_input("what's yr joke? "))
results = tweepy.Cursor(twitter.search, q=query).items(101)
counter = 0

for tweet in results:
    text = tweet.text
    details = tweet._json
    if counter < 100:
        counter += 1
        print "joke #{0}: \"{1}\" by @{2}.".format(
            counter,
            text.encode('ascii', 'ignore'),
            details['user']['screen_name']
        )
    else:
        break

if counter == 0:
    print "wow, that's a new one. go ahead, tweet your joke! :)"
elif counter < 100:
    print "{0} people have already tweeted your joke. :(".format(counter)
else:
    print "so many people have tweeted your joke that i had to abort the script. :(((("