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My eyes are like poached eggs. Must sleep. Night x 4:17 PM Jun 1st via TweetDeck
@ian_rivers Again you did me the honour of a #FF. You are so lovely! I never wake up to it in time to get involved. Promise next week xxx 4:16 PM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to ian_rivers
@Brendan_Surrey Just returned from the Library. May not wake tomorrow. Thought exchange between you and HWMBO was civilised xxx 4:15 PM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to Brendan_Surrey
I'm off to strim and listen to R4. Try to stay off t' royalty. It saps the intellect something chronic :o) 2:08 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck
@leblaq That's what I meant about 'dense'! :o)))) Who but an idiot wouldn't have seen you meant 'good' not 'food'. I'm having a dense day. x 2:05 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to leblaq
Yes @HenriettaGuest! Picking lost causes carefully is sound advice but so difficult to achieve the necessary detachment. I'm off to strim. 2:03 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck
@nickinoxford Well obviously! You are above all a beautiful soul :o) xx 1:59 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to nickinoxford
guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/… 1:58 AM Jun 1st via web
@HenriettaGuest But it's hard to disobey your instinct if you're as sentimentally foolish as I am, you'd agree. 1:50 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to HenriettaGuest
@leblaq Hoist with my own pétard. Food thing? Today is a dense day :S 1:48 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to leblaq
@Brendan_Surrey You are a subtle clever sweetheart, I've heard it said :o) xx 1:45 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to Brendan_Surrey
Independent Owen Jones: It's time to demolish the myth about Tony Blair ind.pn/LN87Gb 1:38 AM Jun 1st via twitterfeed Retweeted by RufusM and 54 others
Some sense out there guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/… 1:42 AM Jun 1st via web
@HenriettaGuest Now you've made me cry for those left untended :o( 1:38 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to HenriettaGuest
@Brendan_Surrey Send the link to me. Stop with the cédilles :o( Funny thing, I stubbornly cling to the idea of fixing you two. Weird! 1:37 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to Brendan_Surrey
@leblaq They rise like a miasma, from innumerable sources, overwhelming my senses. Have you noticed this slight tendency to exaggerate? :o) 1:33 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to leblaq
@HRWright What a letdown. All that combative ire wasted! :o( 1:31 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to HRWright
Today I feel embattled, but am happy that I have the sword of righteousness in my hand #abolishthemonarchy 1:30 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck
@justinbieber @AlexKRidley There's a sense in which it already is :/ 1:28 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck
@HRWright Policing speech is but a vain attempt to police thought. #abolishthemonarchy So it's said. Now must come the unfollow! :o) 1:27 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to HRWright

Name Rufus Mildmay
Location Leeds
Bio Former something; mildly interested in photography; sane; clean; totally unmusical; a fool with only a few unkind bones in his body; inclined to kvetch.