+sub get_text {
+    my $tweet = shift;
+    my $object = shift;
+    my $text = decode_entities( $tweet->{text} );
+    if ($tweet->{truncated}) {
+        if (exists $tweet->{retweeted_status}) {
+            $text = "RT $tweet->{retweeted_status}{user}{screen_name}: " .
+                    "$tweet->{retweeted_status}{text}";
+        } elsif ( $object->isa('Net::Twitter') ) {
+            $text .=
+                " -- http://twitter.com/$tweet->{user}{screen_name}"
+              . "/status/$tweet->{id}";
+        }
+    }
+
+    $text =~ s/[\n\r]/ /g;
+
+    return $text;
+}
+