Xavier said:

I, being the perv that I am, thought the pastie of the bourgeoisie was the pastie on the nipple that go-go dancers wear. I don't know, some kind of opiate of the masses that leads them to believe that they're not *really* topless or nude....'cause they're wearing pasties. So they feel like they have some class and dignity or something. I could be reading too far into this...

Christ, mate - not even the go-go dancers in Wigan wear pasties on their nipples. Meat pies, maybe, but I don't think any of them have sunk as low as pasties yet. Oh, the joy of words that mean different things at different sides of the pond. I suppose my pervious statement (and hence previous post on the subject) deserves some explanation. For those of you not used to going to the pie shop and ordering a pastie on a friday for lunch, a pastie (over here at least) is a sort-of pretender to the throne of the all-conquering meat pie. It's essentially a pastry wrapping around a filling of meat and potato or cheese and onion, and it comes in two main forms, "cornish" or "puff". A Cornish pastie has your average inch-and-a-half thick, solid as a rock pastry round it, and Puff Pasties have kind of more of a filoux (referred to as "puff") pastry. There you go. Any questions? No? Good........ lol p xx. (who still hasn't totally recovered from the resurrection of Big C*ntry....) -- -----------------------------*||*-------------------------------- "Edgar Malroy said, 'A supermarket trolley that believes in God,' and then burst out laughing. He laughed like this: Ahhhh-ooo Ahhhh-ooo. I told him I wasn't the only one." Bo Fowler - "Scepticism Inc." 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 reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+