The following goes out to all you lovely, special people out there who find themselves alone on a day like this. Yes, it's an excuse for a crap list, and it's called "10 GRATE reasons to be single": 1: You can do what you want when you want. Well if your mum lets you anyhow... 2: Everyday has potential to be that special day when you meet your own special someone. 3: You can have a crush on someone different everyday and variety, not Emma Bunton, is the spice of life after all. 4: You don't have to go into shops you otherwise wouldn't dream of going into and spend important beer money on presents. 5: You don't often argue with yourself about whether eating dog biscuits is a good thing. 6: You don't have to go meet his / her friends and pretend to like them and get in trouble in a conversation about fast cars when you say you always wanted a milk float. 7: You can justifiably spend every day wallowing in misery playing your favourite Morissey / Joy Division records. 8: When hampered by single-itis your friends and family tend to overlook your alcohol / smoking / obsessive about music / lack of career / not doing your homework / not tidying your room / kettle fetish problems. 9: You can sleep on both sides of the bed and not have to hold your farts in, and even smell them under the sheets if that's your bag. 10: No one can lean over and breathe on you in the morning only for you to find their breath smells of coleslaw. 11: You can make silly lists of why it's GRATE to be single. Maybe. And you don't get in trouble when you can't count. Love and hugs, especially to those who need them. Te ra Martin ear confection recordings (http://www.send.demon.co.uk) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+