@cstross they’d put the fragments into the British museum first for display where they’d get stolen/sold two or three times and replaced with forgeries, and then someone in the Tory party who thought the fakes were real would be caught reenacting the sword scene from one of the King Arthur movies with three underage girls and an emu, at which point the forged forgeries would be quietly disappeared. At great cost, of course.

@TonyJWells @cstross Joke's on him, then, the "spear of destiny" is just a busted Dalek eye stalk tied onto a stick.

@wordshaper @TonyJWells @cstross In this construct is the Lancelot/Guinevere/Arthur love triangle a passionate squabble between Siri, Alexa and Cortana?

@dave @TonyJWells @cstross Nah, it's between the emu, the tory peer, and a very confused potted plant. Though to be fair the tory peer is *also* potted, just not quite in the same way. Also likely to be slightly less competent a member of the house of lords than the emu. Or the plant, for that matter.