getTwitters('tweet', { 
  id: 'bridge2go', 
  count: 5, 
  enableLinks: true, 
  ignoreReplies: true, 
  clearContents: true,
  prefix: '',
  timeout: 5,
  onTimeout: timeoutFunction,
});

function timeoutFunction()
{
	document.getElementById('tweet').innerHTML 	= "Oh dear! - twitter is overloaded. Never mind, the other links on this page will still work.";
}