Alex Ferguson and Twitter
Alex Ferguson is quoted today as saying that his players should abandon Twitter and go to a library and read a book.
Why Twitter appeals to the average football and idiots of all kinds, is that because the character limit is 140 characters. Books are generally much longer than this!
On the other hand Boris Johnson was quoted yesterday after his first experience of Twitter was that this character limit makes you think about how to say something concisely. But Boris is a man who knows his words well, even if he sometimes puts both feet in his mouth occassionally.
Perhaps this thinking idea, is what Sir Alex should instill in his players. Lawyers wouldn’t be too pleased, as it would close off the quite a few routes, like superinjunctions of trousering a lot of readies.
The Anonymous Widower 
Boris JOhnson is a sensible and well educated man. And he believes Latin should be taught in state schools, which certainly to the more academic it should be. And quite honestly, the modern Latin schemes are much less taxing than when I was at school, since they dont require you to translate into Latin, only out of Latin.
Comment by liz | May 21, 2011 |