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I don't know if it's my fault or not. I'm sure Paul would know, but even as we speak he's smearing coconut oil on his Captain Mainwaring and settling down in his hammock with a good book and a delicious tetrabrik of Um Bongo with a bendy Ren and Stimpy straw. Back to business. I certainly didn't mean to suggest all the things that it has been suggested I was suggesting as regards the black music thread. It's a thorny issue and I should have just shut up. But I didn't, and I apologise for any offence or consternation I may have caused. The reason I don't like the expression "black music" is because I once watched a documentary about Spanish group Greta y los Garbos and they said that their main influence was black music. At that moment, something in my brain slipped its moorings and is yet to return to safe harbour, if that is the correct nautical expression. I certainly didn't wish to accuse anyone of racism, or non-racism for that matter. Of course, the term "race war" was used as a joke, like with "class war" before. "Race tiff" would be more appropriate, but even that's a bit strong. I'm sorry boys and girls. You know that footballer, Reiziger? He looks like a monkey who's just come down from the trees. According to someone with a name like a famous car.... McRagtag wrote: Oh, Peter, you'll be happy to know that I am a right bleeding ponce and I've seen "Strawberries and chocolate" and so I got your joke. Phew! That's a relief. It was a good joke, wasn't it? Peter +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+