Sunday evening, I sat on the stairs, eating a pomegranate with a spoon, an eye for Monarch of the Glen and an ear for my sister who was on the phone. We discussed allotments, the rules of bridge, and the difficulty of finding bridge doubles in the borough of Ealing. "You know our problem, Robin, is that we still have to get used to the idea that it simply isn't the Nineteen Twenties any more," she said. "That's dangerous talk," I answered. I am currently reading "Three Men In A Boat", which I am enjoying very much, and I wonder why I haven't thought of reading it before. To improve my reading experience, I am reading it in the voice of Richard Briers. (Or is it Sir Richard Briers? I'm not sure. Surely he must be a Sir by now?) Monarch of the Glen really isn't the same without Richard Briers, is it? They seem to replace the whole cast every now and again, hoping that no one will notice. My mum usually doesn't. I am not sure if I like Tom Baker very much, even if he is Doctor Who, I just reckon you can't trust a man with so many jowls. Robin x +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+