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The Museum of English Rural Life

25 Aug, 11 tweets, 2 min read

if this asteroid would slow down even just a tiny bit we would love to invite them to The Museum of English Rural Life

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next time it comes close to Reading perhaps it could just pop in

asteroid, as a symbol of our gratitude, we offer you this scone

https://twitter.com/weirdybeardyLBP/status/1430561861481738240

please don't give the scones any ideas

https://twitter.com/weirdybeardyLBP/status/1430561861481738240

https://twitter.com/EaglePursuit/status/1430561833459531778

Rural History Museum Struck by Fast-Moving Scones

https://twitter.com/EaglePursuit/status/1430561833459531778

'They quite literally got what they asked for', area man says.

https://twitter.com/joylovemiao/status/1430562491566862338

people often debate whether Pluto is a planet, but rarely do they stop to think whether it chooses cream first or jam first

https://twitter.com/joylovemiao/status/1430562491566862338

to solve the world's greatest problems, sometimes you have to think outside the box, at others you have to extend to the fastest-ever asteroid the offer of a scone

https://twitter.com/dsherman2407/status/1430563644220260354

possibly but we wouldn't recommend covering the latter with cream and jam

https://twitter.com/dsherman2407/status/1430563644220260354

that said: it is really good cream and jam

For more information about our café offer (for humans and fast-moving asteroids alike), please head to the museum website!

merl.reading.ac.uk/visit-us/cafe/

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