Grrrrrrrrr! (and hello to one and all) I don't have much hate inside me (I hope), but I do have enough for all your automobiles (and Struan's) and therefore I am unable to have any affection for his new song. It all started when I was dead little. My Dad is a *classic* car nut. His particular hobby horse is Triumph's. I've never known him have less than about 7 cars, and spent a large portion of my childhood lurking in dirty garages while he and my sister tinkered around on *head gaskets* and *carburretta's*? Trouble is they only ever did half a job, and what should have an hour and a half journey from Manchester to Nottingham regularly turned into an overnight disaster epic: overheating, broken springs, cracked gear boxes, fallen off exhaust pipes were regular occurrences. I was regularly car sick and so wasn't allowed any breakfast if a long road journey lay ahead. As I got older I was expected to help resolve these calamities. "Have you got any chewing gum?" my dad would ask as he attempts to fix said head gasket, "just crawl under there and hold this torch" at 3am on the Snake Pass between Glossop and Sheffield. I also started to notice how angry drivers get with each other , shouting and getting all pent up with frustration and rage (not very nice or healthy). Cocooned in their own comfy little box thinking the world revolves around them - makes me mad! Pedestrian rage Raaaaaagh! And then there's the environmental impact and the carbon monoxide (i had quite bad asthma too) and the way people brag about their cars and use them as a status symbol. So that's why I don't cars. OK. I feel better now. I don't mind buses though, and trains and boats are fine, especially boats. I likes boats. Who speaks in favour of le voiture? Ben p.s. can anyone give me a lift home? +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+