Well, I wold like to say that I'm truly off piste about this next picnic. Every time there is a picnic, I seem to be somewhere else. Let's see: Primose Hill, 1st picnic: Not out of nursery and not really comfortable in Sinister surroundings yet RAH: At school, evil teacher gave me detention and I only got there after the doors had opened. Greenwhich, after RAH: Prior engagement for my Grandmother's birthday near Manchester which was so boring, evil of me to say but it was. B&S Day: only got back from Greece that very afternoon at about 5 and had flu. Red Knicker Day: Catching Plane from Heathrow to Ireland at 12:30. Maybe should just miss plane and pretend that there was some kind of problem like I fainted on the tube, was helped out and had lost all my memory except location, time and place of picnic. Either can have memory miraculously return as soon as picnic finishes or can live rest of life under name of Jim Anderson, or maybe something seriously simple like John Smith as would never have to spell name like do now. Vesta, honestly. Also, no-one could ever call me any of the following: Swan (Vestas) Curry-man (Vesta Curry- most revolting food on earth) Transvester Sylvester Vester, do you wear vests? (Invented when I was 6 and has been used ever since) Matchstick-boy (The humour of this one eludes me) Vestaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (a is long streched out and has been known to last for almost thirty seconds) Don't suppose I could previal upon everyone to have some kind of eleveneseseses (?) picnic? Also, have grown (upwards) out of corduroy trousers and need new pair both for school and also because I wouldn't be able to show my face on sinister without some. So, here comes the list abuse. Does anyone know a place in London where it is possible to buy a nice pair of preferably flared, black cords? SorrySorrySorrysorrysorry... B&S content: Read The Lonliness of A Long Distance Runner and liked it although I can't really see much connection with the song aside from the title. Never mind. Someone said I was like Brian from Spaced. Having never watched Spaced, did not know if this was good or bad. This was far too long but partly because there were lots of line breaks, so it's not as long as it looks, Joe P.S. If "The Dark is Rising" is the song with a big strings as the refrainy bit, I taped it off the Radio a while back and referred to it when I said I had taped the best song ever. Would have mailed you off list but did not say who you were so couldn't, if you see what I mean. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+