I'm going to tell you something but you have to promise not to tell anyone. You really have to keep it a secret. Well, the thing is, I'm not all that I seem. Anyone who knows me probably me will probably think that I am a scientist. I mean I wear a white coat each day and work in a lab, so you would think that wouldn't you? But thats where I have you fooled. In actual fact I'm an independant undercover agent. My real dailey business is this: I spot other people who might belong to sinister; or who might like belle and sebastian; or just people who are actually spys. I like this little secret because I think if I was just a scientist I would be very bored, and so knowing my day has a purpose makes me feel good. I did once spot a real life spy. Of course it was only through my expert eyes that I was able to recognise him as such. He was wearing a dark rain coat, dark glasses and walked with a limp. I trailed him as far as the bus stop where I lost sight of him. He then, rather nimbly for a man with a limp, hopped onto the the number 22 bus. I sumissed he was headed for cover amongst the hustle and bustle of Dundee city centre. On a separate occassion I spotted a likely suspect running down the street. She was wearing a duffle coat and flares, so despite the fact she passed me by so quickly, I was quite sure that she was a candidate as either a belle and sebastian fan or a member of sinister. She could even be both. She missed the bus she had been running for which just confirmed my suspicsions. As I passed her I got a better look, and appeared to have just stepped straight out of a belle and sebastian song. I stored away the information for future use and continued along my way. I can't say I have been over successful in my mission. And I have yet to confirm a single sighting. I was becoming dispondent and was about to give up my mission in favour of something which was likely to provide more positive results,but just recently though I had a thought. Maybe there are other people in Dundee who belong to sinister; or who like belle and sebastian; or just people who are actually spys. But maybe they themselves are independant undercover agents. How am I supposed to track these people down? Here I'm really stumped. So I'm appealing to you all. If you have any ideas which will aid my investigation please let me know. Well take care, Rachel _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+