RT @megatonlove: Shrove? I used to think that’s how the Brits pronounced ‘shove’ with a mouthful of pancake, as in ‘Shrove off.’

In the absence of @garethesque, let me say: good maundering. I’m not waiting for a train.

@dozykraut but how else would you get your sandwiches toasted?

@miche just pretend each line is a tweet. Oh, and shorten them to 140 chars, natch

@garethesque sacked so soon after the interview, eh?

@bykimbo I tried, though there were some Pinteresque pauses!

@OxfordCityGuide the shop assistants don’t look much better kept either

@wesayso ah yes. H won’t let me take L near the snakes in case they eat him. I think he’d eat them.

@wesayso there aren’t many animals there lately (chinchillas, depressed bunnies, birds) – though the baby still likes it

Afternoon tea with H’s aunt (90, deafish, forgetful) is increasingly becoming like something from Beckett.