The limericks you see here all started life on Twitter – love it or hate it. Here’s my response to today’s hashtag – #WhyIJoinedTwitter.  

I had some spare time I could fritter/

Attempting to make people titter,/

Reporting our times/

In limerick rhymes -/

That’s pretty much #WhyIJoinedTwitter.  

The word ‘titter’ flummoxed at least one North American (?) tweeter, so may be specifically Brit. It’s notable not least from the comedian Frankie Howerd’s catchphrase ‘Titter Ye Not’.