Tap t-tap click etc. t-tap tap aargh! help... *deletes* t-tap tap fclack t-tap ack! sigh pap *deletes* t-tap tap t t t ... [ten hours later] aw! *deletes* As Breams says: "Has anyone else noticed that posting to sinister is much like horse riding. Once you've fallen into lurkerdom, the longer you wait to get back into action, the harder it is to do so..." Absolutely. I'm trying to articulate the misgivings that are buzzing around but disguised in a fug, threatening to sting me with paralysis-inducing gloop. So far, I have isolated: 1. Q. Why am I ... blah blah blah [exits] *** more muteness*** [enter] If your drafts are underwhelming: Feeble content largely pending Something worth typing, Let alone sending. Down a draft of lurker's tonic! It's truly the stuff to nourish a poster: It gets shot of that thought: 'I've got nothing to offer! Nothing to say!' It's better to post, Than be lurking all day. ... lurking all week, month, year Forever... eek! LURKER'S TONIC: GLUG IT THEN SPEAK! Ah. That feels a bit better. Thank you for your indulgence :-) Gordon who? formerly figure2@fsmail.co.uk +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+