Re: Sinister: It's a London Thing
ooh no, i'm all FOR London, i LOVE all the fabulous posts to the list about completely random people that I know nothing about and occasions that also mean nothing to me at all - the first 5 are cool and funny, me starts to get bored after the zillionth "and then Jasper nicked my BUCKAROO! god! we ruled/romped/whatever is currently in fashion" - cos it really means a lot to the ooh few hundred or so listees that are OUT of London...... perhaps I should tell you about my night out in Preston and what Lucy ended up doing, but perhaps I won't cos, er, none of you give a shit. don't mean to offend anyone here but hey some of us face life miles away from Bow Bells or whatever.
and why do bands play 4 nights at the astoria or whatever, and then 4 nights in the WHOLE ENTIRE REST OF GREAT BRITAIN....
Actually Sarah, yeah I'm inclined to agree with you. Sorry Mark, for not always talking about London all the time, unfortunately (or otherwise) most of us don't come from there, so it makes it quite hard to talk about. There are a lot of places worth talking, and a lot of people doing a lot of interesting things - I didn't really think it mattered where they were from, just that their letters were interesting. Indeed London easily has the most people belting on about it at the moment - so there seems little cause for complaint. What I want to hear is the experiences of some brummies - Birmingham gets such a bad rep, and the people are great. Let's hear some stuff about the B+S listees in Birmingham. Rodney/Dave, a couple of weeks ago I thought I saw you in the pub, so I spent a few minutes shouting "RODNEY RODNEY... DAVE DAVE DAVE" across the pub - but it wasn't, it was some fellow from Policecat. If anyone goes and sees Policecat in the near future, look for the bloke who looks like Dave. What do I think of the England victory? Fine, good luck to them, did they win the fight as well? the double? We play Norway today, and in world rankiing terms we're well ready to get beaten, still that's not the point is it, it's the taking part. Most people up here hate England and especially in footballing terms, I'm not one of them. Who's all coming to the longest day then, cause we should all meet up for that, hopefully it won't be raining, I'm going to go early on next year to avoid last year's daft carry on. Cheers, Keith. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Somos todos conejitos felices que tararean . consonancias felices del conejito - no somos? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Keith Watson wrote:
Sorry Mark, for not always talking about London all the time, unfortunately (or otherwise) most of us don't come from there, so it makes it quite hard to talk about.
Ooh, snidey - what I was referring to (as you well know) was all those nameless people out there who seem to rejoice in slagging off London whether they've ever been there or not, especially in comparison to a certain place which'll remain nameless. The only reason I'M talking about it all the time is cos I DO live there, it's what I know, it's where I go, and I love it just as much as you all love Glasgow/Preston/Pigsknuckle, Arkansas. And, of course, cos you keep winding me up about it :).
There are a lot of places worth talking, and a lot of people doing a lot of interesting things - I didn't really think it mattered where they were from, just that their letters were interesting. Indeed London easily has the most people belting on about it at the moment - so there seems little cause for complaint.
Absolutely. And obviously you've found my comments interesting to some degree as you seem to be one of the ones "belting on about it" - have I justified myself enough yet? Just wait 'til I get started on the joys of Leamington Spa... Anyway - I shall be alongside my betartaned brethren this afternoon chez Trousers' local to big up the boys in blue - see you all there, in spirit if not in the flesh (ooerr, madameoiselle)! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Somos todos conejitos felices que tararean . consonancias felices del conejito - no somos? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
What I want to hear is the experiences of some brummies - Birmingham gets such a bad rep, and the people are great. Let's hear some stuff about the B+S listees in Birmingham.
(oddly enough, at least I think it was a dictaphone), and their lead singer's called Shirley. If you ever see any of their singles
birminghams got a place called shirley the last time i was there i had to punch the boy who makes the sound for the new broadcast lp. outside of Life is Easy early hours im not sure that this story supports k's claim that the people are great ill go away and try thinking another one sarah (it was a really great left hook) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Somos todos conejitos felices que tararean . consonancias felices del conejito - no somos? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Keith Watson wrote:
Most people up here hate England
and then he wrote...
Who's all coming to the longest day then
well I'm not, not if all you jockos hate us eenglish. JJ xx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Somos todos conejitos felices que tararean . consonancias felices del conejito - no somos? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
it, it's the taking part. Most people up here hate England and especially in footballing terms, I'm not one of them.
one of the biggest things i hated about scotland, and the one maybe most to blame for making me move was the nationalist fervour inherent in too many of the people. the attitudes used to make me sick, and still do. nationalism is a dreadful trait to have... i mean, you can be 'proud' of your country of birth or whatever, and in many respects i am 'proud' to be scottish, but hey, as the man kevin Rowland said, 'my national pride is a personal pride'. It's the same in england sometimes, although never as day to day. It's just that sport brings it all out. Sport should be outlawed, or at least national team sports. That's why professional sport is so much better; it's about teams of people sponsored by companies, and although you can get hateful about corporations, people on the whole tend not to. I can't imagine anyone in my class in school going 'oh i HATE that Benesto team, bastards...' and not just because they wouldn't get interested in cycling. I hate the world cup not because i have little interest in soccer but because of the dreadful attitudes it brings out in people, and because it encourages those nationalist tendencies in the youth, who by rights we should be educating to be more tolerant. Or am i just an idiot. Don't answer that one... b&s content? bugger all. i start to doubt that another record will ever appear... od-ing on the peloton, the duke ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Somos todos conejitos felices que tararean . consonancias felices del conejito - no somos? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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duke of harringay -
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Sarah Jane Philp