Greetings PopChums! Ho-hum... finals are drawing closer, so I haven't been in at the Inertnet for a while. Hey! Ho! And, indeed, let's go... On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, Johnston, John CT wrote:

Genevieve - please don't get a tattoo at least not of anybody's name. The coolest tattoo I've ever heard of was a 'friend of a friend' who had a tattoo on his toe. It said "toe". How cool is that?? Perhaps you could get 'bum' tattooed on your bum - that'd be great.

I knew someone who had an eye tatooed onto each bumcheek. His party piece was to invite girls to kiss him between the eyes, then drop his keks. Lovely fellow. Answered to the name of "Yeti". On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, Alan Prior wrote:

ok, i'm just watching Top of the Pops

Which is getting it's umpteenth revamp in the summer. Ho-hum. Does anyone watch TOTP just for the theme tune? And wasn't that Jo Whiley thing cack last night?

Please don't anyone start accusing me of being ageist i just think people should know when to stop, ie. after they've reached their peak (did Daniel O'Donnel have one?) and shouldn't keep flogging a dead horse

The bus I get home goes past the Edinburger Playhouse. Last summer, there was a queue outside for *four* days of Daniel O'Donnell fans waiting for tickets of their beloved. They had deckchairs out and banners and posters and it was truly terrifying. They were all ladies "of a certain age". Fashion Tip: Legging are *not* (I repeat, *NOT*) flattering. Especially if your arse is already brushing the pavement. Hmmm... Upcoming Shows at the Playhouse: Yes, Roy "Chubby" Brown, a Queen tribute band, and Gary Barlow. Let's just bomb the f---ing building now and be done with it. (Actually, let's not bother.. "Sesame Street's Let Be Friends" is on in a fortnight)

can you guess that i'm ever so slightly bored? as i've previously said, there are sooo many ways of avoiding studying...think i'll go and gaze out the window for a while. although eastenders is on soon...

These exams are costing me a fortune, cause I keep on going out for walks, and since I don't smoke any more, I tend to just walk to the supermarket/ corner shop/all night garage and buy some Pringles or cookies or Cup-A-Soups or whatever, whether I need them or not. What is the point of "croutons" in Cup-A-Soups? They just get in the way and make the soup difficult to drink. On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, Jim Nisbet wrote:

Did anyone else see the compilation of bands from 'Don't Look Down' on Scottish Television last Thursday night/Friday morning?

One of them was shown a couple of new years ago. I got in at some unsuitable hour, switched on the telly, and proceeded to shout "F---ing hell! It's Urusei Yatsura" at some of the comatose bodies curled up in sleeping bags on the carpet. I wasn't terribly popular after that. On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Sarah wrote:

hmm, other topic, i used to obsessed with buyng the maker, just for a few writers, sorry to say it, but then they stopped writing, the SPICE GIRLS popped up on the front cover, i've given up cos my olf favey paper turne into Smash Hits. NO, reading Smash hits is NOT soofunny and ironic, its being a sad tosser.

Smash Hits *was* very good until about 18 months ago. Mark Sutherland (now editor of Melody Maker, and a damn fine writer) was their "King of Indie" and the quirky sense of humour of the magazine made for entertaining reading. Then the editor left (to edit Sky) and a dopey bitch Mirror showbiz writer took over, and the whole thing lost direction totally. I mean, pick up a copy of the Hits now, and compare it to the Hits of old. The days of "Crap Joke Corner" and "Professor Trevor Clevertrousers" and "The Nosey-Parker Interview". It just ain't the same. MS's replacement as indie writer, Ben Knowles, is also working on the Maker now, I notice. FWIW, IPC's mission statement for the two papers is to separate the readership of the inkies. NME will be aimed at an older audience, whereas the Maker will become a kind of half-way point for teenagers who want to be seen with a "credible" music mag, but find the NME a bit too far leftfield. 'strue. On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes! wrote:

On the subject of people with 2 surnames, when I was about 6 i had a freind called Campbell Steele, as my name is colin campbell, we decided that if we ever got married he would be called campbell campbell! cool, huh.

I met someone called "Campbell Bell", who was generally known as "Camp Bellbell". 'strue. On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, poetryplace2 wrote:

Indeed. I was intrigued to read the "great" Douggie Coupland debate between Ruth "No I'm a boy really" McCurry and Alan "No, really, it's Debbie" Prior. What are the chances of that happening, eh?

And finally, my useful hint for the day... If you're wanting technical advice in a support newsgroup, post using a girl's name. You get about 20 times more responses. rosie xxx -- sent with a big sloppy kiss from _ _ __ ___ ___(_) ___ | '__/ _ \/ __| |/ _ \ | | | (_) \__ \ | __/ |_| \___/|___/_|\___| xxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Listen, this is pish, I think I'll leave -----------------------------------------------------------------------