SpeakerToManagers, 2 months ago

@cstross
Is your Muse Terpsichore? ‘Cause she sure does make you dance around when she inspires you.

scottcarlson, 2 months ago

@cstross I hope it's not just a regular rat. Hopefully it's the binding host of a necromancer scourge ....

cstross, 2 months ago

@scottcarlson Nope, it's a pet rat. But its owner has suddenly become so important that it rates a police escort ...

sarajw, 2 months ago

@cstross I used to keep fancy rats - the usual type or does Oliver have the 'Dumbo' ears?

Kathmandu, 2 months ago

@cstross
A rat wearing a tiny string of pearls and a jaunty wisp of ostrich-down? 😜

cstross, 2 months ago

@Kathmandu Is that a reference to something? (If so, name change ahoy.)

Kathmandu, 2 months ago

@cstross
It was a reference to your post " a fancy rat called Oscar just insert himself into the latest Laundry novel?"
Sorry for the confusion; I thought I set it up as a reply.

Kathmandu, 2 months ago

@cstross
I mean, it was just a joking reference to being "fancy", not to any particular Oscar.

cstross, 2 months ago

@Kathmandu Here’s the fancy rat wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fancy_rat

Kittlefish, 2 months ago

@cstross No, no, let him cook.

(Not in a Michelin starred restaurant tho.)

A_denie, 2 months ago

@Kittlefish @cstross that might get you into trouble with the Ratatouille makers :)

cstross, 2 months ago

@A_denie @Kittlefish Bugger pixar.