Blinkers are things that they put on racehorses to stop them looking around, and hence being distracted / startled when they're running. When humans wear them it's usually a sign of being focussed on one idea to the point of exclusion of all others (to put it politely.) Sid James was an Australian who lived with Tony Hancock in East Cheam. He had the world's dirtiest laugh, and a pretty dirty face too. C. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------