August 2002 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Belated Felicitations
by MWaggner＠aol.com 31 Aug '02

31 Aug '02

This ink polaroid is of two people hugging in the underground station at Heathrow. They are standing in front of the ticket machines, amonst people and baggage. But they aren't noticing any of that. They recognized each other there on the crowded platform right away even though they hadn't ever met before, or seen pictures of each other. Oddly enough, they don't feel that kind of hesitancy or embarrassment of a first-time hug, it just feels natural and comfortable, like a relief. Like two old friends who have always hugged and always will. There had been discussion prior to the meeting about how they'd react, about British reticence and American loudness. It was amusing to note that the Brit wasn't in the least reticent, and the American was, for once, pretty subdued. There is an album full of polaroids of this friendship, taken over the years on both sides of the Atlantic: Bowlie, a wedding, castles, sidewalk cafes, shops of dubious reputation, planestrains&automobiles, crowds of people, quiet moments, individual portraits... yes, even one at the top of the World Trade Center. Some are happy and some are sad. That's how life and friendships go. It's best to look through it while playing Belle and Sebastian songs, because they are the soundtrack that inspired the photographs, causing Sinister to be born and bringing two friends together. But really, this first picture is the one that sums it up -- the friendship, the past five years, the Band -- that moment of coming together, realizing that a silly little mailing list really *did* provide the truest friendship one might ever know. Happy Belated Birthday Sinister. I just had to stop by one more time, to say thank you (I hope this gets through). Each person here has an album of polaroids, unique to themselves, and that is a gift. I may not be here anymore, but I continue to snap the polaroids of friends I've made, and my life is richer for it. And I carry that hug with me every day. Michele p.s. I've slipped in one extra shot: that's me holding up a glass of (very good, very dry) Champagne and wishing the list at least another 5 years for all of you. Long live Honey's servers. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: a first post
by Karren Gill 31 Aug '02

31 Aug '02

hello sinister :) after reading your messages for a while, i thought its about time i stop lurking around and make the effort of writing a post as well. be warned this is not going to be long one cos its my first post. first of all, i just wanted to say a special 'hello' and give a great big humungous cyber-hug to miss amy longcore and mr. ken chu whom i met at the detroit and chicago b&s shows in may. can i just say what a pleasure it was meeting you both! you two rock!!! also, i probably should've posted this after the shows, but does anyone have pics from the detroit and chicago shows they'd like to trade for something or sell? in particular, i'm looking for photos of the two girls getting up on stage. if so, it would be great if you could get in touch! and finally, happy birthday sinister! and with that i'll end my first post, cheers, karren _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: rome concert
by Fleur Bélanger 31 Aug '02

31 Aug '02

Hello! I've been living in Rome for 3 days now, I was very happy to know that Belle and Sebastian are coming to Rome. I'll go, that's for sure. As I don't know anyone here in Rome, I'll go by myself. I'd love to meet someone there. bye Flora _________________________________________________________________ Chiacchiera con gli amici online, prova MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.it +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Portland/tapes/manchester hostels
by Andrea Kittenmouse 31 Aug '02

31 Aug '02

Hi, How's it all going? I was wondering if anyone knows of a good hostel in Manchester, England that is close to the fun. I'm visiting there in October. Any shows coming up? You can write me off the list about that... Also, did anyone catch Kings of Convenience live when they toured the US recently? That was very nice (understatement, of course, they played perfectly). Also, more importantly, does anyone have a good quality tape of Belle and Sebastian's Portland, Oregon show from 9/11/01? Please contact me a.s.a.p. if you do (off the list). Thanks in advance... your friend, andrea kittenmouse radio (mondays 9.00-10.00 pm PST) kpsu 1450 am portland, oregon www.kpsu.org http://web.pdx.edu/~andreay _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Save me from Surreality
by idleberry 31 Aug '02

31 Aug '02

hello one and all, I miss all your fun, but I'll be out soon enough. As soon as I've bought my Autumn clothes wish list. Hide whatever you don't like, and look fantastic. started a blog, http://retrosec.blogspot.com John Denver is great to listen to, today. I was walking over the Bridges, and theres this big building, an old building, that looks as if its being demolished from the inside, for something else. And the sun was beautiful, and there was a cool wind. It reminded me of those lovely cold days in January, when its sunny. The ones I find so surreal. I find most days surreal. I miss Jeremy Breams, now hes gone back to Australia. I missed him most of all when I was walking over the bridge, in the wind, and the sun. I wished he was there to chat to and walk over the bridge with. Its over two months since he was here. It feels longer, it feels shorter. I remember it being around the time of the football cup thig world cup, wasn't it? that wasn't long ago. The bridge - its a fantastic bridge, in a way, its painted in red and blue, and half way over, it has this intricate brass type sculpting carved thingy, and has people in it with guns- its a bit over-dramatic, but it has some signifcance, becuase its supposed to be an image of something historical. Im useless at paying attention to why or what. Have you heard Jeremy Breams music? if not you really should. http://www.breams.co.uk hes got a good voice, I think. "Art Of Procrastination" is an ace song most of all. I almost had a plan you know. A plan for money. But then my phonebill arrived, and was �35 more than I had planned for. I need to cut down on texting. Its five years since I got ready for going to uni. I remember how it felt, the smells, the leaves, the concrete. I remember sitting on the steps in a Charlatans tshirt, in the late September sun, waiting for my belongings to arrive to my halls of residence room. There was this pretty girl there, so skinny, and so pretty, from Macclesfield. We looked a each other, then looked away. It was like being at school. I wanted to talk to her, but my parents were there, so I had to be cool and not too keen. She saw me too. We became friends soon after, and she said she remembered hoping I'd be in the room next to her, cos I looked like th sort of person she wanted to be friends and flatmates with. I hate empty weekends and surreal days. Love idles xx ===== http://groups.yahoo.com/group/corduroysmoke/ starting playground gossip and passing notes __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: rome concert
by Carl Brown 31 Aug '02

31 Aug '02

hey sinister just to say a quick hello, and was wondering whether anyone is going to see b & s FOR FREE!!!, YES FREE!!! (arent they just wonderful?) on sept 15th in rome? is there any sinisterines who would want to meet up or something? bye bye carl x _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: I travelled to a mystical time zone, but I missed my dad and I soon came home.
by richard john gillanders 31 Aug '02

31 Aug '02

HELLo sinister... read these in any order you like. that's how I typed it. I crack me up. a moment ago I looked down the backs+sides of my couch+chairs, I found: two ten pence pieces two two pence pieces one one pence piece one stick of wrigley's doublemint chewing gum (in wrapper, unchewed) one black ballpoint pen with lid one two and a half inch paper clip one black plastic handled steak knife one almost full tube of 'bazuka' gel one unsharpened 'shocking pink' crayola colouring pencil I'm not sure I have ever been more disappointed in my life ever. for my trouble: the backs of my hands are frictioned up and quite pink. shocking. I'm going to america on tuesday. so. haha, sinister has been around for five years now! I haven't been a part of it for that length of time. well, I'm going to chicago, via amsterdam and detroit. and I'm going to get to milwaukee. and I'm going to stay there. until I can't anymore. and then I'll come home. via washington, d.c. and amsterdam and london. I'll stop in london for these chickfactor nights, too. I just thought of 'baywatch nights.' I've never seen an episode of that. my throat sort of hurts a bit. only joking. I really have met the nicest people I know because of sinister. y'know. it's weird. haha, not like it's weird. but, it sort of is. but I SO don't mind at all. weird is A-OKAY. I mean. I'm going to visit a girl. her name is kirsten marie kenyon. I haven't allowed myself much time to gain, to build up my excitement level just yet. I hope it doesn't come like the bends and make my head explode. or whatever the bends does. not 'the bends.' I already thanked honey and linda for THIS. I already did. but I was in a rush. the engine was running. but I think I said what I meant. meant what I said. kirsten marie kenyon should really, really post here sometime. I think a lot of people would appreciate it. not to put any pressure on her. not to. daniel farrell'd agree with me if he stopped his tommy de vito impressions for long enough. haha, and something about jimmy the gent. a more pleasant if less FUNNY nickname. I have too much to be grateful for. really. I wish I could convey this through the trousers-resurrected medium of ink polaroid. BUT I CAN'T. I thought polaroid went BUST recently. yeah, haha, but biro didn't. : ( I remember a 'joke' about polaroid too. and I just thought up another one of my own mandee wright visited the united kingdom recently. no wonder. I apologised to her at one point and then immediately wished I hadn't. why? I didn't need to. now I wish I could apologise for apologising. but I'm sure she knows I WASN'T ACTUALLY SORRY. we did some funny drawings on a brown paper bag. which reminds you. I mean, which reminds me. what sort of animal am I? I mean, what sort of animal are you? if I'm, say, a (/THE) bear...what are you? (n.b. musk ox, fish and tortoise are already taken) unfotunately, all of this makes more sense than its subject line. which, in itself, is nothing but sense. ALMOST. surprised that I won't still be on my own. next week. love, richard. p.s. my top five posters of all time------ 1. richard john gillanders 2. alasdair neil cook 3. alasdair neil cook 4. alasdair neil cook 5. alasdair neil cook actual p.s. THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL THAT STUFF. __________________________________________ Join http://www.toast.com today for your own free, flash-based webmail! +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 17:40:16 -0400
by Shawn and Emily 30 Aug '02

30 Aug '02

Hello everybody. Just a quick message to say that the formerly Sinister Colin Thornton and Amy Bancroft will be married this Sunday, Sept. 1 (excactly one year to the day that they first met!). As some of you may remember, Colin sprung the question on stage at the Belle and Sebastian concert in Chicago and we all gasped and smiled and wept at the sheer beauty of it. If anyone has good wishes or advice for the soon-to-be newlyweds, please reply to me privately and I will forward it onto them. Best regards, Shawn +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: the law of sod
by hannah brown 30 Aug '02

30 Aug '02

hello people, Happy birthday sinister (yes i know this is late), not only is this 5 years old, it is roughly 5 years ago that i got into b&s,(enter soft sigh as i stare out the window and hark back to those mark n lard days). Anyhow, just wanted to apologise for not being there on sunday, i have been blessed with a horrible virus which has made me bed ridden and generally very depressed. I read in Q the other day that Our Kid Isobel is releasing an album with someone, apparantly it's just Billi holiday covers, hhhhmmmmmmmmmm, that should be interesting??? I am also very excited because there is going to be a video release of a bunch of charlatans music vids, cripes! i dont even think that much of them any more but i am going to have to get it anyway and do a bit of dancing and quiet drooling,he he, yes i know i am sad. I am off on a mission to find a magazine called "careless talk costs lives" if anyone knows where it is sold that would be a help, thanks you lovely bunch of freshly baked muffins, hannah b _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: hair's too much muff (r.b.)
by kenneth.chu＠uclh.org 30 Aug '02

30 Aug '02

(Reporting back...) On sinister's 5th Birthday Auntie Sadie brought the adorable 5 year old a great big present inside a great big box! Inside it was something pretty sepecial - it was a camcorder that's shaped like a pen! What's more, instead of battery powered, it eats up ink like there's no tomorrow. And that was just after I bought 16 batteries for a quid on Tottenham Court Road - it was okay though, because a boy had nipped down to WHSmith's and got some ink in time to make a film. I plugged the tape into the player and turned on the telly and gasp! It was porno! Then I realised that I put in "Star Trek - the next penetration" tape in by accident. So instead I put in the Sinister tape into the recorder, and GASP! It was porno! Just after I pressed play, I was greeted by a naked young man putting on a pair of Spiderman pants! Not only were they red, if you pause the tape and look closely you can see something that you really don't want to see, and also, that the label of his pants said 7-8 years old, and that's pretty small! Soon after that all I could see was Highgate tube station bopping up and down - it looked like the boy hadn't found the stabiliser button yet as he walked to the station - he then took a look around to see if anyone were to follow him there, there wasn't - but then! When he looked forward again Sam Walton appeared on the screen, who said "alright!" Abruptly (the crossfade button didn't seem to have worked), the scene changed to two gorgeous girls and a gorgeous boy sitting at a table outside a pub - one of the girls, who was wearing a very nice Red T-shirt, had multiple pints of beer lined up in front of her. The boy seemingly had forgotten to press pause when he placed the camera on the table, and thus recorded all of the random yet witty conversations that occured. For some reason though the camera was pointing directly at a girl's boobs all that time. "Oh shit!" we heard from the boy before the scene once again suddenly changed, this time to a beatuiful view of London - gorgeous girls all on the top of a hill - shame about the buildings in the background which looked ugly in comparison. Many people there looked very shy and quiet, until a little girl climbed onto her daddy's head and said "Hello Everybody!" to everybody, and they all smiled and waved back at her. The camera then just spent the whole time either wandering about the hill, or getting put onto the floor and filming a wine bottle being picked up - how artistic! Until we then all followed the camera running down a hill and eventually coming to a halt, with a boy in purple trousers shouting "WHERE SHALL WE PUT THE GOAL?" before explaining how he didn't want to get his new glasses smashed. Wow, the next half an hour was pure excitement - 30 minutes of pure soccer action - until we see the same guy in the purple trousers kicking a football really hard, and in a typical You've Been Framed stylee, the ball hurtled right against the lenses of the Camera! Either because of that football incident, or because the boy has once again showed his cinematic flair by putting on a special lens that are known as "Beer Googles", everything looked slightly tilted from then on and the auto-focus function went haywire. We then heard a wise man's voice saying "Let's go to the Betsey Trotwood!" After a beautiful shot of a tube train arriving we filmed a train bobbling up and down through a tunnel - apparently someone else had made a even better film involving a man from Birmingham performing Pole dancing, against a pole on the tube train, but that's a totally different movie. Soon after the film started to turn surreal - it was as if someone was dancing to some great music whilst holding a camera, whilst shouting "COME AND DANCE!" really loud repeatedly and annoyingly. Then, finally, probably, the best moment in the film, an ambient chorus of "Happy Birthday to you" was the only thing that could accompany the exceedingly delightful chocolate cake, on it were five candles and letters that wrote "Sinister Happy 5th Birthday". A boy took a deep breath and managed to blow the candles out, then everyone cheered whilst he was catching his breath. The cake was then stabbed in an evil manner by a knife on a bikechain, before being cut into bits and eaten - how sinister! And then there was a scene of people bopping up and down to some top tunes, and we can hear the boy go "ohhh on more pleeeeease" as the camera turned to the barman who said "Can you make it the last song please?". And "Happy New Year" by Camera Obscura faded into The Boy with the Arab Strap. The last scene of the film was yet another of a tube train this time heading towards Highgate - and seemingly the boy had finally found where the fade out button was.... Reporting Back and Red Bulls Ken +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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