"For last year's words belong to last year's language/And next year's words await another voice." - T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

Oxbridge apocrypha #OTD. Spike Milligan phones Jesus College. "Is that Jesus?" "Yes" <sings> "Happy Birthday To You"

MT @robbieds: April Fools Day: lots of earnest, armchair commentators leaving indelible marks of gullibility all over the internet.

RT @sfgnyc: Roses are red Gender is performative Mass-market romance Is heteronormative

@farciminis Yes I listened to a bit but I don't get it.

.@diva_ex_machina Some are, some aren't. Some people are embittered by hardship. Others with comfortable lives have generous open hearts.

@farciminis Leave all what behind?

Some people climb up the greasy pole of life and are then really really kind and helpful to those attempting a similar journey.

RT @Jackpot73: @RobertaWedge malapropisms? < Weren't Mrs Malaprop's creations a little bit wider of the mark? Crocodiles and allegories.

"[redacted] you are a liar. Be very careful you are close to deformation by your lies" < what's the name for these quasi-homophones?

#WarAndPeace "All I know is that our first duty is to our children. " OK, more #TheArchers than #Flashman at the end.

#WarAndPeace: an everyday tale of Russian aristocrats. Ain't no Grundys in Borodoffskishire. #TheArchers

#WarAndPeace is reminding me irresistibly of Oscar Wilde's verdict on Little Nell. And my heart is not made of stone.

CIA? Monty Python (tendance Ruby)? Bristol bus website mistakenly hacked by extremists. Allegedly. tinyurl.com/lpn6xde HT @UnlikelyWorlds

An excellent beginning to 2015. MT @Sue_Limb: May I recommend my new chum @SackclothVest with all the latest news from Sizzlinghurst.

"Things are not going well over there on the left." Someone tell Ed Milliband. #warandpeace

This #warandpeace seems more of a mashup with #Flashman than with #TheArchers. "I seem to be on a battlefield! How did that happen?"

@lacatchat I will not be remiss in returning the compliment.

Is 2015 sufficiently science fictiony for you? "Robots are starting to break the law" ift.tt/1tlCtGc via @pigsonthewing