Hello kids Stirred into action again by this bit of waffling: Mark Casarotto wrote:
Gambling in the fields...hmmm...Bowlie - chalet 650. Den of iniquity and decadence. Ailsa's entire savings on red 27. <*snip*> Red 27. Bugger me. That's the last time I bankroll a casino.
Except it didn't happen, as my chalet mates were too poor to risk their beer money. Pish.
Hey, Mark, you STAR!!! You can dream of whatever you choose (let's not get into the determinism v free will debate here, just go with the idea he can dream whatever he likes), but you choose to dream of me winning pots of money :) Sadly it didn't happen and I ended up cadging crappy Silk Cuts off Trousers in the pub, but it's nice to know I'm in your thoughts. Does Miss Vicky know about this? I had a dream about some of you lot last night and I was going to tell you about it but I can't remember it now.
A couple of weeks ago, I got within a mouseclick of bidding for some pipes on one of the internet auction sites.
This, sadly, is true. He asked me if I wanted to share the cost (obviously I've always wanted to part-own a pair of bagpipes at the other end of the country from me...) - had I had any consideration for the residents of South London, I would have agreed and taken the mouthpiece-type thing as my share. I'm sure there's a proper word for the bit I'm talking about that I as a sheep-shagging teuchter should know, but I'm damned if I know what it is. Sorry :) He then continued:
I think it's simply fantastic, and when they're played well they are *the* most beautiful and evocative instrument. I think they're pretty much wasted on Sleep the Clock Around - sanitised and muffled, but it was still a nice gesture. More pipes in P!O!P! please...
Some little git was playing them outside the university on Saturday when I was in an exam. It was neither evocative nor beautiful, just a pain in the arse. I actually quite like bagpipes, but not when I am trying to write a structured essay on the use of various internet protocols. And not in pop records either. "Mull of Kintyre". "You're the Voice" by John Farnham. Need I say more? The only good records with bagpipes ever are "Slap Your Cock Around" and "We Have A Dream" by the Scotland 1982 World Cup Squad featuring John Gordon Sinclair. I await correction by Hopkins, Andy Dean, Mick McMick and lots of other people with bigger records collections than me :) I don't want correction from Susannah, as I may have to pay her for it, as suggested by Pam... Oh, and Big Stu said:
It seems to have worked for Ailsa, so can I just ask you all to vote for me as your list crush?
which is a tad unfair as what I actually said was "go and vote for Honey". But cheers to the person who keeps voting for Trousers, as your outing means I am the real winner (unless I've been multi-voted for too). Now stop voting for me, it's frankly unjustified and my self-esteem doesn't know how to deal with it :) Glasgow Saturday night pub details will be forthcoming as soon as I have thought of them. Actually I am waiting to find out if I am going to the Cup Final or not before suggesting a time. I'll tell you tomorrow (about pubs, not cup final tickets) unless Keith steps in and does it first and saves me the bother. And finally...To those who have been saying "Belle and Sebastian are just a band/it's just music" and so on, certain bands DO mean more to me than just a pleasant distraction from properly important things like boys and stuff. But I am a miserable sod (actually there's a proper medical term for that which you would find on my doctors notes), so what do you expect :) I realise that it's not *that* important for some, but it is important for others. That's all. This has been a party political broadcast on behalf of the socially inept. I thank you. Ailsa xx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+