The system is robust, but it still has its limits. And that was one over-the-shoulder picture of a fellow passenger's KFC bucket too many.

Who are you on Twitter, by the way, dolly? Do we "know" each other, in a Fordean-scare-quote-type way?

due to lack of inventive and explicit sweary abuse of fellow travellers and minor celebrities.

It appears the world is still turning as well! :-)

and waddya know, this afternoon he envokes Bonogeddon.

Apparently, because of the way it works, it is a fantastic tool for journalists. Hence, they write about it. Hence, the profile rises in the media and more and more hacks use it. Meanwhile, the rest of us ignore it.

I enjoyed reading Andrew Collins' tweet regarding Twitter being down, Especially the "Why am I tweeting this, no-one will be able to read it?" bit. Obviously that was much, much later.