Bollocks to voter apathy. For a lot of people it's not a case of dissatisfaction with politics, it's just that they think their time is better spent sitting about scratching their bums than walking to the nearest school and deciding the future of their country. Even if you don't agree with any party, voting is one of the only times when you have the chance to stand in a "booth" and get the use that lovely word in a family situation, the only time you get to write with a genuine "Ballot Pencil" (that felt like 2B to me), and one of the few chances you have to go back to your primary school and be astounded by the low ceilings without being kicked out for looking shifty, like last time. It's better than scratching your bum. Mind you, I live near Kidderminster so things were a bit more exciting for us and our Independent MP, Dr Taylor. My mum has become distressingly millitant about the whole hospital thing and even stayed awake until half past two in the morning so she could scream at the telly when he won. It's good that Linda doesn't think much of Jonathan David. I agree more with David's mad eyed praise, but I think we should have more new-single-based arguments. They are fun. Let's have debates. Is Jonathan David really Stuart David's wee-free brother? Why does Stevie sing in a funny voice? Is the record a cynical attempt to sell more bibles? What will happen when Stuart Murdoch's voice breaks? Will he announce his intentions to become "the next Wogan" like Aled Jones once did? Is this actually a single or an EP? Where did I leave my teeth? Oh there they are! I ate far too many sardines this morning. Robin +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+