Before the his idea occurred to him, Stuart David fished the Leven for seven years I have no idea what the Leven is like (I suppose it must have a lot of fish for a person to stand fishing for that length of time) but having just returned from a walk with my dog, belle, by a river I doubt it could be that bad to stand by a river for that long. Im not sure I would really like to catch any fish mind you. They tend to be fairly slimy horrible creatures. I remember being violently sick when I tried to clean a trout myself. So slimy! When it escaped from my hands and flew across the kitchen that was the last straw. Not that I have anything against eating fish (yes Im a hypercrit) Although Ill admit that, that time in Portugal when I went to a restaurant that served a million courses of fish all for one price, which wasnt at all slimy, I was quite sick the next day. (Nothing to do with the jugs of wine they served with it) But Getting back to the topic. Im sure Stuart David must have quite enjoyed standing fishing. Why else would he do it for seven years? It wasnt his job or anything look: work is a curse Stuart David visionary poet cursed it before trying it And as I think I have just explained there is only so much fish a person can eat before becoming ill so why? The river where belle and I went today was peaceful and chaotic all at once. We didnt go down to the water today so Im not sure if there were even any fish in it. Once we leant over the bridge and looked over at the fast moving brown water. No one disturbed us and the only sounds were that of the roaring current and a few birds oh and belle whining because we were standing still. Im sure I could stand there for seven years looking out at the rocks. Watching the trees change colour and the river rise and fall as seasons changed. Imagining the length of time that the river had been there carving great channels in the surrounding rock. I could even accidentally forget to put a hook on my fishing line just to make sure I didnt catch any fish The fish may even get to know me after a while. Im not sure if fish are very affectionate but Im sure they would appreciate the fact that I was standing there day after day feeding them maggots then again perhaps the fish might prefer bread. Maggots are fairly unpleasant too. I think all in all Stuart David had his head screwed on. I might decided to fish my local river for a while You never know if I wait long enough I might just manage to hear the sweet voice of Stevie Jackson coming over the reeds. Take Care Rachel ************* With the current crop of disposable jaw lines and manufactured inanity, it seems that we need our heroes now more than ever before. http://www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk ***************** _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+