1. Many days ago, Peter Miller wrote "don't be put off The Trial by all that nonsense about it being a metaphor for life. Not a jot of it. It is in fact top comedy, not unlike Frank Spencer or Fawlty Towers. " In "Hurley's Having Dreams", there's a reference to Hurley dreaming of the time when he was a horse in Czechoslovakia. Could it be that "Hurley" is the song Judy "wrote" about a dream of horses? And maybe she wrote about a "horse in Czechoslovakia" because she was reading a book by a Czech author (although he wrote in German)? And maybe that's why there's a woman on the front of IFYS reading The Trial? And maybe I'll get a reply that this whole thing has been done to death a few months ago! Anyway, The Castle is the best, especially the Muir (I think) version which includes alternative episodes later dropped for the final version. 2. In real life, dreaming of horses remains financially hazardous. The gallant horse Dun Belle has been very consistent. She fell in the English Grand National and came second last in the Irish Grand National. Martin C ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------