@ewen That's actually how I remember the spelling!

@sundogplanets @rpin42 Thank you for confirming that my brain still works! It was quite fun to think about :-)

@pomegranate_stew Not your fault that they've shrunk!

@sundogplanets @rpin42 And what's more, pushing the Moon *further away* as a result, so in fact the opposite of making it fall out of the sky . . . And am I right in thinking that without internal friction in the earth, the effect wouldn't happen? (I'm guessing that with no friction, the earth's tidal bulge would just stay aligned with the earth–moon axis, so there'd be no sideways force exerted on the Moon and no drag exerted on the earth's rotation.)

@janeishly I enjoy not having a clue about the films. I think actually watching them might spoil the out-of-context fun! :-)

@sophie [replying months late, sorry] Being practical about it: The main issue I see is that DMs and followers-only posts don't get bridged. So they'll have to be raging extroverts who don't mind doing their falling in love entirely in public . . .

@keithfrankish.com I did briefly head down the wrong track and look for a pun on "Evelyn" and "evil", but that was while I was somehow combining him with George Orwell in my mind.