The fact that Richard III's remains have, it seems, been discovered, is a cause for good cheer and some splendid jokes on Twitter, largely to do with delayed exits and overdue tickets from multi-storey car parks.
By Zachary Kanin February 6 , 2009Chris, speaking of missed calls, Toby Young left this message for you on my voicemail by mistake: Hello Chris, thank you for the splendid jokes you have been writing for me these past few weeks on the hit show, "Top Chef".
This and other splendid drummer jokes preface the chapters of James's biography of possibly the world's most famous stick-artist, UFO-loving former Nirvana member Grohl.
There is also something timelessly true about the bride's father, a splendid Lloyd Hutchinson, telling ramblingly awful jokes, and the best friend, ripely incarnated by James Corden, reading out smutty poems.
So he piles on the comic high jinks, lobs the jokes and cranks the splendid tunes".
No bunker jokes here for these are all splendid courses, though early morning tee times are often necessary to beat the midday heat.
My disdain for this joke-of-a-group, and its splendid show is well known, but I rather suspect that my fellow Academy members will remember the film and its participants at Oscar time.
Martin Gardner, editor of the splendid The Annotated Alice, notes that there are a series of jokes about death in the stories.
A joke, sure, but like all good comedians, it does make a rather splendid point: It is harder for founders who don't fit the standard patterns to raise money — and that's a discussion we ought to be having.
After the article dropped, some people took to Twitter to joke ― or gripe ― that the remake didn't look so shining, shimmering, splendid.
