Sinister: Senor Miller esta un poco loco, creo

[Peter Miller and/or Arantxa Ubieta]

Robert McTaggart wrote:

> O>Did you know that lemurs (Belle and Sebastian's mascot
> from now on)
> >are unable to hang from their tails? Poor little things!
> And
> >their noses are...hang on a minute! This could make a
> >cracking quiz - we haven't had a quiz for a
> while...question
> >one - how big was the now extinct biggest ever lemur? The
>
> >answer comes as quite a surprise.  Question two - how did
>
> >lemurs get to Madagascar? The answer comes as quite a
> >surprise.
>
> In Noah's Ark?  The number 46 from t'Market?  They
> jumped?  Hopped?
> Skipped the light fandango?  I give up.  Back to school
> for me, I
> guess.

Apparently they floated across on vegetation!!!

>  And what about their noses? Don't keep us in suspense,
> boy.

Their noses are cold and wet, whereas gorillas' noses are
warm and dry. Indicating that smell plays a greater part in
lemur life. All this information comes from a website
belonging to Duke University - a man of many talents?

>
>
> Or Bangor.  Oh, did you know Fiddlers Dram only got to
> number three
> with 'The day we went to Bangor' (oh yes, I have my
> sources)?

Yes, Keith put me right on that one.

> And
> what exactly is a fiddler's dram?  Is it like a baker's
> dozen?  Or
> like tennis elbow.  Sorry, no fiddling for me tonight,
> I've got a
> terrible dram.  I think we should be told.

Dram is timber from Drammen in Norway. So if a fiddler had
some...

>
>
> Somebody please write something...
>

I have done

Señor Miller



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