I’ve got a bit of time for Charles Moore but he made himself look a bit daft there #bbcqt
#TodayILearned that the T.S. in T.S. Elliot stands for Thomas Stearns
(This was the only one I could do)
#BrexitMetaphorOfTheDay …getting wierder still
“I came to a very reasonable arrangement with gravity today…& that is why when I demand to spend tomorrow floating up to the pissing Clangers planet, I will be furious if gravity doesn’t throw me a bone”
#TodayILearned that the Beatles had 23 drummers.
But not at the same time
Lots of fascinating stuff about Ringo and the rest from @Liddypooldave talking with @LivEchonews
RT @l3ahpar: Hazard. Sent that defender down the Fulham road 2-0 #CFC
Rather than calling it ‘The Guardians Audio Long Reads’, the @guardian should have gone with ‘The Long Read, Read’
In my humble opinion
Just heard @Clonehenge mentioned on the @guardian long read podcast
I hadn’t heard of Bill Stickers, Granny the Throttler, Black Maria and Red Biddy before, but they sound like a good bunch t.co/rYbEiSmAm…
#BrexitMetaphorOfTheDay
French minister Nathalie Loiseau has a cat named Brexit
“he wakes me up every morning…because he wants to go out, & then when I open the door he stays in the middle, undecided, & then gives me evil looks when I put him out.”
Seems like a good idea www.bbc.co.uk/news/tech…
“Cleaning a rug once burned about 200 calories, while activating a robo-vac uses about 0.2 – an activity drop of a thousandfold, with nothing to replace it.
Nobody, when they buy a labour-saving device, thinks: “How am I going to replace that movement I have saved?””
#BrexitMetaphorOfTheDay
“Fitness crazes are like diets: if any of them worked, there wouldn’t be so many.”
Looking on the bright side of the whole #Brexitshambles thing……I’ve learnt a new swear word
Steve Hawkes @steve_hawkes One Brexiteer: “I’m just going to sit back and let this situation f**ktify itself
“The problem with the Conservative party is not Mrs May. The problem with the Conservative party is the Conservative party.
The problem with Brexit is not Mrs May. The problem with Brexit is Brexit.”
#BrexitMetaphorOfTheDay
@DmitryOpines Thus far, “taking back control” has looked less like a glorious reassertion of sovereignty and more like a horde of rival drunken football hooligans storming the plane’s cockpit but getting lost on the way and ending up wedged in the lavatory door.
RT @CatsProtection: If your mum’s got a moggy you’ll want to make sure her #MothersDay bouquet is full of #cat-safe #blooms! 💐 #CatFriendly…
RT @chriswrightzz: They say water covers 71% of the earth. The rest is covered by N’Golo Kante.
Happy Birthday! 🙌
RT @davidhepworth: I always think Jacob Rees-Mogg looks like the kind of shifty butler who would work for Roderick Spode.
Or so they say