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metalvicar Skyrim is a reminder that, if on your travels, you meet someone describing themselves as 'a minstrel' take them down immediately ;P 6 minutes ago via web Retweeted by jembloomfield
"Spacegoat": a creature I accidentally called into being by a typo during this lecture on models of tragedy. 6 minutes ago via web
Thought a friend had "liked" steam on fbook. Fair enough, it's splendid, entertaining and useful. Turns out it was a company, though. about 1 hour ago via web
@alexparsons Hehe. Magnificent. about 1 hour ago via web in reply to alexparsons
alexparsons @jembloomfield "Possibly just a very small Charles I and a normal hand. Who knows." about 1 hour ago via web in reply to jembloomfield Retweeted by jembloomfield
@xtophercook ...but if foremost something else, then in large part pretty cracking literature as well. about 1 hour ago via web in reply to xtophercook
@xtophercook I think you could take a swing at the former too - that if "foremost" literature, then in large parts shoddy literature... about 1 hour ago via web in reply to xtophercook
@xtophercook Was it Eliot who said to spurn and flee all those who harp on about "the Bible as Literature"... about 1 hour ago via web in reply to xtophercook
hubbit Dear world: The name of the poem is "Jabberwocky". Not THE Jabberwocky. The creature is The Jabberwock. Not The JabberwockY. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck Retweeted by jembloomfield and 6 others
"Charles I, being crowned by a hand from a cloud, possibly by God." Splendidly open-minded caption on a picture, there. about 1 hour ago via web
@tree_and_leaf "An exceedingly scruffy man...he wore jeans and a t-shirt advertising Green Peas, I believe." (the late great Alan Plater) 5:30 AM May 24th via web in reply to tree_and_leaf
AndyKesson "Like most men, Julius Caesar worried about going bald. Unlike most men, he also claimed descent from Venus." 12:16 AM May 24th via web Retweeted by jembloomfield and 2 others
@santaevita Tho at least Christie's works weren't specifically about how lousy and rotten it was in the 40s! 2:09 AM May 23rd via web in reply to santaevita
@santaevita See also: ppl who go to Agatha Christie conventions saying they love 40s bcos "men were men and women were women back then". 2:09 AM May 23rd via web in reply to santaevita
santaevita The Great Gatsby is NOT ABOUT HOW WONDERFUL AND PRETTY THE 1920's WERE. Heavens' above. 1:55 AM May 23rd via web Retweeted by jembloomfield and 3 others
@DrPeteKirwan It's remarkable, isn't it - I don't think anyone's ever used "you write like a girl!" on me as an insult before. 3:56 PM May 22nd via web in reply to DrPeteKirwan
I'm pretty sure the guy at the bottom just insulted all female college students as incapable of complex thought: reddit.com/r/feminisms/co… 3:35 PM May 22nd via web
@politic_animal "Not only do I now have a secret plan, you don't support it?!" 2:49 PM May 22nd via web in reply to politic_animal
politic_animal Go on, Emily. Ask Chloe Smith if she has a secret plan to tackle inflation. #newsnight 2:47 PM May 22nd via web Retweeted by jembloomfield
@Ooh_la_Laura Different numpty. Similar genus, I suspect. 2:38 PM May 22nd via web in reply to Ooh_la_Laura