Bad news, you're stuck in a lift.. Good news, it's with Stephen Fry; COMIC'S RUNNING COMMENTARY RAISES SPIRITS.Byline: BY STEPHEN MOYES WHEN you get trapped in an elevator you need a little lift ... and who better to provide it than Stephen Fry. The TV comedian, one of the world's wittiest men, found himself stranded 26 floors up but kept his four lift companions - and the outside world - amused with a succession of quips. Fry whipped out his iPhone and posted on his Twitter network site, which has 100,000 followers: "We're stuck in a lift. Hell's teeth. We could be here for hours." He then scrapped his huge vocabulary and whinged: "A**e, poo and widdle." Fry also posted a photo of the elevator display which read "This lift is not in use" and joked: "No s**t, Sherlock..." The QI presenter, 51, was returning from the Paramount club in London's Centre Point on Tuesday night when the lift shuddered to a halt. After 30 minutes, Fry gave his fans some good news: "Nice men freed us. Paramount had champagne for us at the bottom." A fellow Twitter user posted back to Fry: "Can you give the cute short guy my number?" Paramount owner Pierre Condou said: "I couldn't think of anyone I'd rather be stuck in a lift with. He'd keep you entertained. WHAT IS TWITTER? TWITTER is a social networking See social networking site. social networking - social network service which allows internet users to send and read each other's updates. Posts, known as tweets, can be up to 140 characters and are displayed on the user's profile page like a micro-blog. They are also delivered to followers - users whohave signed up to get them - on computers or mobiles. Senders can restrict delivery to their circle of friends, or publish their thoughts to all other users. Twitter has more than five million users, including new US President Barack Obama and 10 Downing Street Downing Street, Westminster, London, England. On the street are the British Foreign Office and, at No. 10, the residence of the first lord of the Treasury, who is usually (although not necessarily) the prime minister of Great Britain. . LOAD OF TWITS TWITS Thornborough Wine Imbibing and Tasting Society CELEBRITY fans of Twitter include: Jonathan Ross, Lily Allen, left, John Cleese “Cleese” redirects here. For the actress and daughter of John Cleese, see Cynthia Cleese. John Marwood Cleese (IPA: /ˈkliːz/ , Richard Bacon, Will Carling, Alan Carr, basketball star Shaquille O'Neal and Phillip Schofield. 232,452 Number of followers for Barack Obama's Twitter postings 114,397 Number of followers for Stephen Fry's Twitter postings CAPTION(S): TWITTERING twit·ter v. twit·tered, twit·ter·ing, twit·ters v.intr. 1. To utter a succession of light chirping or tremulous sounds; chirrup. 2. a. ON Fry and lift companions take photo for site; TOO MUCH INFORMATION Lift display in London's Centre Point |
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