Sinister: Murdochs Bored.

[Adrian Evans]

>He wrote :

>*What makes a biscuit a biscuit and a bar a bar? For example, Twix, biscuit >or bar? 5,4,3,2,1 bar or biscuit? Which treat surfs the elusive dividing line the 
>best?

I don't think anyone can better Windy Miller - United Bisuits man, so I'm not going to try. 

>and also

>*Who is the most famous living person?

Obviously this is Fred Dibner. That bloke who used to blow up knob-like structures.

As for the Kiosk / Booth / Cubicle debate.

I consider a Kiosk to be a retailing outlet, usually situated in the middle of a pavement in a narrow busy street. They usually trade in cigarettes, but some of the more reputable kiosks have been known to trade in bisuits and choc bars.

A cubicle is definitely a compartment with three walls a door and a bench more commonly found in public bathing facilities.
You will often find coat-hooks in cubicles in some of the more well-off parts of England like Bognor Regis.
In the liberal ninetees, many working-class baths have employed changing-room attendants.  These are primarily ex-cons who wear seventies-style red tracksuits and stride up and down in a disturbed manner looking at young boys and thinking..."mmmmmmmmmmmm" and licking their lips. 

A booth is a bit more non-descript and could be applied to either of the above.
The more common application of this word though is either :

a) The small box like structures found on train-station platforms used for obtaining passport style photographs.  These "photo-booths" generally have seventies style orange curtains, and can only be used by people under six feet tall.  They are widely known for their ability to make even the best looking of people appear to have been on class A drugs for 15 years, and often result in customs officials giving you "dodgy" looks when presenting your passport for access to places like Columbia or Amsterdam.

b) The Balsa-wood structures found in primary school halls on polling day used to cast ones vote in secrecy.
These "voting-booths" generally have a single shelf, and often have ancient etchings on them which give a popular insight into political history, for instance,
"John Major...kiss my bottom" or "For a good time call.." etc etc.

There.
Can I slag off Chelsea now Paul ?

Adrian.







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