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Charles Dickens Turns 200, Twitter Celebrates With Jokes

The Huffington Post UK   Andrea Mann   First Posted: 7/02/2012 11:37   Updated: 7/02/2012 12:39

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." - Charles Dickens, reviewing The Times.

Yes, just in case you've been living under a rock, or are 11 years old, the world is today marking the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens.

Google has a celebratory logo, Prince Charles is leading a service in Westminster Abbey, and Simon Callow - star of that Dickens classic, Four Weddings And A Funeral - is heading up events in Portsmouth. (Because Charles Dickens was born there. It wasn't just a random choice.)

Meanwhile, tributes have been pouring in on Twitter... in the form of jokes. Below is our pick of the best of them the worst of them... Blimey, this is catching for you to enjoy - while raising a glass of punch to our mutual friend. God bless us, every one!

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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." - Charles Dickens, reviewing The Times. Yes, just in case you've been living under a rock, or are 11 years old, the world is today marking th...
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01:29 PM on 02/09/2012
"Charles Dickens Turns 200"
If Charles Dickens was a live today, he’d be tunnelling in his grave.
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10:16 AM on 02/09/2012
Read what Dickens has to say from beyond the grave: http://t42day.co.uk/2012/02/almost-topical-charles-dickens-bicentenary/
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02:56 AM on 02/08/2012
If Dickens wrote for Eastenders, would Scrooge have left Miss Havisham at the altar in a shock twist at Christmas?
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