So, after a year and a half I finally figure out what Andy Dean's email address means. Doh...certain listees will be able to vouch for my astonishing lack of lateral thinking ability (no, Nick, I didn't say "cock"), but that does take the biscuit. Next week, Mark finds the secret formula for deciphering Steady Mike's moniker... My brother casually dropped into conversation the other day that he won the jackpot on a fruit machine at the casino in Venice. Jammy bugger! He chickened out of roulette, though ("lucky man", as Ally Cook is no doubt muttering under his breath), which seems a pity, as he'd have been guaranteed to have starlets draped all over him at the table. 247,000 lire he won. Still, if he fails medical school, as it seems he might at the moment, he'll need to get in a few more big money prizes... Went to the dogs on Friday night. The best bit was when me and Miss Vicky's horses (as I called them all night) came in together at the finish - a dead heat! So we both won cash. We didn't do too badly on the betting side, either - well, better than the law of averages, which is all you can really hope for. It was pretty smart, actually - possible location for future Sinister shindigs, perhaps? Though playing fey songs on the guitar surrounded by paunchy townies and their barrel-shaped, slightly soiled wives (*vast cultural stereotype ahoy, but it's largely true, honest*) may not be a good move. On a lighter, or at least more gravity-defying note, I came across the first pair of fake breasts I can remembering seeing (I don't mean Gazza-esque yabos, but silicon-enhanced). Don't they look funny! Silly cow. Does patiently waiting for new B&S material to be released make you apathetic or increasingly, ravenously excited? I have to say it's the former for me. But then I don't really like music any more. Except for Seymour Stein :-) Mark xxx p.s. today I have mostly been drinking a Gingko Biloba and Kola Nut drink from the Japanese Canteen. Anyone have any idea what it's supposed to be doing to me? ******************************************************************* The contents of this e mail from HIT Entertainment PLC are confidential and intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy or further distribute this e mail; please notify us by telephone on 0171 224 1717, and delete the e mail from your computer. This e mail has been checked by our anti-virus system before leaving us; we accept no responsibility for the e mail and any attachments once they leave us. www.hitentertainment.com ******************************************************************** +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+