On Saturday, Louise and I were catching up on some TV, watching Jonathan Ross interview Hugh Laurie about the new series of House on Sky One. Now, I’ll admit I’d had a couple of glasses of wine by this time and something Mr Ross said — I can’t remember the exact details any more (telling!) — pissed me off, so I was right onto The Twitter whereupon I railed.
Just as we were getting ready to go to bed, I went to switch off the laptop. It was then that I noticed that Mr Ross had replied! Feeling slightly stunned and abashed, I responded, to which he graciously replied again. This gave me pause for thought, so I posted once more. I was about to call it quits for the night when, yet again, I got a response. Well I couldn’t leave it be by this point, so I thought hard and tried to sum up my position and then went to bed.
The following morning, with a clearer head, I saw there was a further response. I made a final response and that was that.
So, a somewhat surreal experience but perhaps one that illustrates the power of Twitter.