Some recent tweets for those of you who do not do birdsong: GoodFunerals Charles Cowling “F*** off, they’re for the funeral.” Most death jokes aren’t very funny, but this is: http://bit.ly/fpKw9J GoodFunerals Charles Cowling Dead woman stirs and stands up on the way to her funeral:http://bit.ly/eWkBqb GoodFunerals Charles Cowling Go on

There’s a nice cartoon in the Christmas Spectator. It’s so verbal I can reproduce it in words. If you’re arty, draw it on the blank sheet above. The Grim Reaper has come for a man, who is standing in his doorway. Reaper G responds to a query. “Scythe? Scythe? You