.....but rain not snow. and i've probably misquoted that anyway. i'd like to appeal to the angels of precipitation, to stop all this rain. i'm getting pretty tired of it. i shall have to write to god, and then all those naughty angels will be in trouble. yeah, that'll teach them to play tricks on us. all this rain, they must be taking the piss. i'm sure i'm due some snow. and ice. and sleet. and maybe a decent power cut, too. with candles, and people panicking. that'll do me. thankyou charlotte h for the curate's egg. i always thought it was something much harder to understand. perhaps i am cleverer now than a year ago.. now, to the real business. undergarments...cynthia s mentioned the supreme Marilyn Monroe, and as i am the expert concerning this lovely lady, i can confirm that she did indeed wear her bra in bed. i'm happy to confirm any other things about the lovely Ms. M too. and if i don't know, i'll make it up and you won't even know. bonus, or what? longjohns: when in a person's life do they think 'now is the time to start wearing longjohns'? because i can't imagine anyone wanting to, so how does it happen? i might be wrong though, it may only be me who finds the prospect of them wholly unattractive. i don't know any welsh swear words, i feel that i have failed somehow...incidentally, is anyone from cardiff university here? mao tse-dung kicks ass alix.x ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "No, Patrick," Luis says. "They were . . . broiled" It's silent in the boardroom as I contemplate this, thinking it through before asking, finally, "What's 'broiled,' Luis?" "I'm not sure," he says. "I think it involves . . . a pan" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+