Hi All, Apologies if this is a bit dull, blame brains having spent a relaxing Bank Holiday listening to Shellac & And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead... Yesterday I got up, donned my special maroon Happy Sinister Birthday underpants & set off for the Anniversary Millenial Meridianal Picnic in Greenwich PARK, which was great fun & full of DRAMA! Due to (a) Richard's ambulance trip courtesy of an injury* incurred during the footie (Kaiser Otto denied responsibility) & (b) the torrential downpour later that saw assorted Sinisterines crowding on the picnic tables huddled together under the umbrellas. Stevie T looked like a garden gnome for a while on his own until a group rushed his table seeking an entry in the Guinness Book Of Records for the most people under one umbrella. Soon even said umbrellas proved inadequate so the Café was invaded for dryness & driers. Respite from rain saw the company head for the PUB (Cutty Sark) To dry off the outsides in the evening sun & wet the insides with London Pride. Some very friendly local residents joined the group. A beautiful sunset, Ray Davies a ghostly murmur in the background, tackling the fiendishly devised Mozart-themed crossword, a Great Dane, Mark & Sally paddling in the Thames, everybody looking at Mark's nipples, Mark staring at everybody else's, me being accused of looking like an (American) tourist. POST PUB Hardcore picnicers invaded local residence to nod off, discuss being gay (why do they always do that?), eat, compare nipples, make tunnel jokes, pull faces, draw on faces, watch baseball & take the piss out of old people. WHAT ELSE? Liz's granny calls flapjacks jockstraps. Honey would have been gratified by the snatch of snogging in the park. Can't think of anything more. Thanks to all those present throughout the day for making it a pleasure. Love, Big Grey David Chelmsford, UK (*luckily only a sprained ankle: OK later, monster bandage, no drugs) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ ++++++ ++++++ ++++++ August 27th Sinister Third Birthday Red Underwear Day ++++++ ++++++ ++++++ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+