Hello folks I don't want to say much about this SoS situation, but I feel I have to say something. Elish wrote:

Funny how there have been all these posts about school yard bullies.......

Yeah, I was thinking the same myself. I don't think the people in this clique are bullies, but if you think of the list as a sort of school playground, they're the sorts that stand in the corner agreeing with each other. I was never bullied at school, although sometimes I think I was ignored, and the reason why it happens, and the reason why I think cliques are a bad thing, is that the more you listen to yourselves the less important other people become. Wasn't the whole point of the list that it's one of the few corners of the world where everyone really does have their say? There's been a lot of shouting here recently, and it's been hurting my ears, but like my mum used to say, "if you just ignore them , they'll go away." There's a boy standing on the bench over by the music room, who's turning his eyelids inside out, and making people look, but really I'm not interested. I don't have anything against anyone here, and I think Honey has a difficult job and does it well, but everyone has the opportunity to mail privately, and if Honey wants people's opinions I think he should do this instead of chalking out lines between us. I met FunkySeb briefly at the Bowlie, and he is a lovely chap (as were the rest of you), who looked a bit like Doctor Who. It's a shame he feels he has to leave, and I can understand why, but I'm just going to hold out. It's up to us to make the list good, not other people. Sorry for going on a bit. Now for some Belle and Sebastian related stuff: Someone mentioned that B + S might be playing the Greenbelt festival. If they do I'd recommend people go. I went to Greenbelt a few years ago and it was great fun. I spoke to lots of ace people, including a man with different coloured eyes, a boy who we think was a spy, a sad epileptic boy who was standing outside one of the tents because he couldn't watch the film inside with his friends, and a clown. I'm not a christian and that aspect didn't really bother me. I just enjoyed seeing all these different, exotic people. It's alcohol free, which I thought was quite refreshing, but if you really can't cope they do sell cointreau filled pancakes. Sports biscuits? How about the Club? Robin xxxxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+