It seems that all earlier efforts at arranging travel via rented automobile to Our Nation's Lovely Capital for the sinister picnic at Pam Berry's house have collapsed under the pressure of flakiness and general wanking about. For those who like me are eager to drink beer in a different city and/or bask like young lions in the sun while tolerating the presence of others of the Belle and Sebastian mob, the Greyhound coach company has hatched a fiendish scheme to haul us there. If one buys a ticket at normal price three days in advance, one is entitled to bring one's friend along for free, gratis, like so much carry-on luggage, assuming one's friend maintains the same itinerary as one's self. As the cost of a round-trip Greyhound ticket between New York's fresh-lemon-scented Port Authority Bus Terminal and Washington is $56,a person would pay a mere $28, provided said person has an accomplice, to go from the big city to Swamp-on-the-Potomac. The deadline is WEDNESDAY, so hop to it. We must, therefore, travel in pairs. If you are a stray die (as am I) looking for a travelling comrade from NYC to the picnic this weekend, please e-mail me directly. Anyone interested as well in sitting with the away support as the brave rojo y negro of the Metro attempt to gub the DC filth at RFK Stadium in a fiery but doubtless ineptly-played soccer match can join me the evening of the picnic. Previous encounters between the good guys and the evil scum to the south have featured: rampaging Polish hooligans, pitch invasions, rocket attacks on the Metro dugout, countless offside goals, a "Warriors"-esque jaunt through the pitch-dark RFK car park, the sight of Marco "El Diablo" Etcheverry offering the Empire End in NY a one-fingered salute, the NY supporters forced onto the pitch at the end of play last April by a charge of 500 DC bastards, and an aggregate score over two years of 19-18 for the Metro. BENJAMIN ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------