Sinister: Wee as well as Twee?
Hi I'm now back at work after Christmas and feel strangely compelled to comment on B&S merchandise, especially given all this talk of "twee" being banded about. Not long before Christmas I sent away for my Brown Bus T-Shirt (medium) and awaited eagerly for its arrival. The big day day came and unfortunately so did probably the smallest garment I've ever purchased. Now I'm not the largest of people (I'm only 5ft 8" and of smallish build). Foolishly (and somewhat out of pride) I forced the garment over my head. As I've mentioned I'm quite slightly built and this description extends to my head which is perfectly in proportion with the rest of me. After a titanic struggle the garment popped down over my head, covered my stomach to just below my navel and I was left feeling like I had a Frank Sidebottomesque sized head. Somewhat dejectedly I have sent the garment back and had it replaced with a large which is still a bit on the small side but my new year diet will soon sort that out! Anyway, my question is: are all B&S fans stick like in their stature? Or am I just a lot larger than my self image? Bless Leaky P.S. With all this talk of twee and kitschness, has anyone been to the Tiger Lounge in Manchester? I imagine a lot of list subscribees would like it. ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Chris said: <insert stuff here about jeepster t-shirts being dangerously small> and he was absolutely spot on. If I remember rightly, which I very rarely do these days, there'll probably be a bit in the golden tomes of wit which pass for the list archives about my own circulation-stopping t-shirt disaster. I purchased a Stow t-shirt in my normal size of medium (okay, so I'm six foot tall, so jeepster could probably argue that it's my fault for being a total spanner, but I don't like my t-shirts baggy. At all.) and when I tried it on it came down to just past my chest. Well, actually that's a bit of a lie, it *does* come down to my hips (but with not a lot of leeway), but also succeeds in cutting off the blood flow to my head and arms. And it's so tight you can see my nipples through it. Oh. That means I owe the body parts page a chest, some hips, a head, some arms and some nipples. Oh bollocks. AAAAARGH! Now *that's* torn it....... I'm going to quit while I'm behind (shit, that's another bit I owe then...), arrrr-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding, arrrr-ding-ding-ding*, lol p xx. * No prizes for guessing which song this comes from. Simply because I have no idea who the band were, and what it was called. There's music snobbery for you. -- -----------------------------*||*-------------------------------- Ode from London, SE8 "In the midst of life, we are in Deptford." - Martin Newell, Poet. Pete Ramsdale - Unix Systems Administration, Warburg Dillon Read Phone: 0171 568 3836 -----------------------------*||*-------------------------------- This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
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