(Previously, on Belle and Sebastian on the Weakest link...) <Anne> Time's up, it's time to reveal who YOU think is the WEAKEST LINK! <Orchestra> DUM DUM DUM DUM... DUM DUM! <Stuart> Isobel <Stevie> Stuart <Mick> Sarah <Sarah> Mick <Richard> Stevie <Chris> Sarah <Bob> Mick <Isobel> Richard <Orchestra> DUM! <Anne> We have a two way tie team... Stuart! <Stuart> Yes Anne. <Anne> Why Isobel? <Stuart> Well, It's because grrr I think I'm WAK-ING UP TO US!! <Anne> ahh... so not voting in the interest of the team then? <Anne> Isobel, why Richard??? <Isobel> Hehehehe he tried to bank when there was no money, and that's so silly!! hehe. <Anne> But he answered all his questions correctly! how many questions do you think you've got right Isobel? <Isobel> hehe.. None. <Anne> Correct!! Well at least you can count! <Isobel> I did Chemistry Biology and Maths Anne. <Anne> Did you have a calculator then when you were in school? <Isobel> Yes Anne. <Anne> Did you buy it from WH Bonaparte?? <Isobel> No Anne. <Anne> Maybe you should have studied History instead. <Anne> Well, when the votes are tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote, so Bob, who do you want to get rid of? <Bob> I have to stick with my original vote really so it's gonna be Mick. <Anne> Well Mick, it seems that Bob doesn't like you very much, you ARE the weakest link GOODBYE! * Mick does the walk of shame, blowing a raspberry at the camera (..Inside interview room) <Mick> Ahh, if I were sittin' at home I would have answered that question right straight away, but I just couldn't think when Anne was staring right at me. Ack well I guess I won't be blowing my own trumpet in front of my friends for a while aye. (..Back to studio) <Anne> Round three, over two rounds you have managed to bank the PITIFUL £100 out of the possible £2000, and we're taking a further 10 seconds off the clock and we'll start with the strongest link from the last round, and that's Bob. Let's PLAY.. THEWEAKESTLINK! <Orchestra> DUM DUM DUM DUM... <Anne> Start the clock <Orchestra> DUM DUM! <Anne> Bob, Queen's University is situated in which city in Northern Ireland? <Bob> Belfast! <Anne> Correct! Isobel. Scott Joplin was a famous composer of a particular kind of music known as Rag-what? <Isobel> Rags that make me pretty by design! <Anne> No the correct answer is Ragtime. Stuart, what are the answers to the clues to the treasure hunt? <Stuart> Not telling ya. <Anne> No, that isn't the correct answer. Stevie, in music production, what is the term used to describe the sound effect created by continuous echo? <Stevie> Reverb! <Anne> Cor-rect! Sarah, if there is a train B that always leaves a train station exactly 10 minutes after train A, then if the time now is 8:30am and train A is due to leave in 20 minutes, at what time will train B be leaving? <Sarah> It won't be leaving for a while. <Anne> No, the answer is 9am. Richard, which Squeeze single was released in March 1979 and was the first Squeeze single to have reached #2 on UK charts, held off the number 1 spot only by Art Garfunkel's Bright Eyes? <Richard> Cool for Cats! <Anne> Correct! Chris <Chris> Bank! <Anne> The actor Rowan Atkinson played the character of a strange man in a hit TV series and a movie of the same title, the character in question is called Mr what? <Chris> Beans! <Anne> The answer is Mr Bean, but I'll accept Beans. Bob.. <Orchestra> DUM... DUM... DUM DUM <Anne> The time is up, and in that round you have beaten your own SPECTACULAR record LOW by banking only £20 pounds. Who is witless in Seattle? Who is the lord of the dunce? Team, I URGE you to VOTE OFF the WEAKEST LINK. <Jon Briggs> In this round Chris was the strongest link, having banked the most money. For the third round in a row, Isobel was the weakest link, but will the voting follow the facts? <Anne> Time's up, it's time to reveal who YOU think is the WEAKEST LINK! <Orchestra> DUM DUM DUM DUM... DUM DUM --- (..to be continued) Ken _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+