Sinister: Backshots, Dobbers and Donkey Pants!

[Carmen]

I think Carmen will eventually go on to become the darling of British
>athletics?

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On 11/18/98, at 3:10 PM, PJMiller wrote: 

>As the festive season is a mere stoned throw away, I thought I'd be
>the first to ask a question that we're all familiar with at this time
>of year - What annuals are you getting? I'm hoping for WARLORD and CUB
>SCOUTS' DINKLES. I was reminded of annuals by a strange turn of
>affairs in the record industry. I've noticed that more and more "box
>sets" are in fact annual sets, in so far as they open up like a book,
>and the cover is made of the same stuff annuals are made out of. Pop
>groups used to have annuals in the seventies, groups like The Osmonds
>and The Bay City Rollers. Belle and Sebastian could revive this great
>tradition. Hop to it, Jeepster! I'd be more than happy to write it for
>a moderately huge sum of money.
>
>I think Carmen will eventually go on to become the darling of British
>athletics, as my Dad used to say about Zola Budd. I do feel that
>Carmen's original cry in the wilderness contained more than a grain of
>truth. Perhaps we should modify our technique. Instead of counting to
>ten, we could count to twelve, and instead of thinking of Sir Cliff,
>we could think about plain old Cliff in the seventies, enjoying a nude
>romp with tennis ace Sue Barker in a barn somewhere, as reported in
>the super soaraway Sun, way back when. That way, we will get less
>"thoughtless" posts and a damn sight more smut.
>
>At the same time, please feel free to have the odd slanging match. I
>don't bother reading them anymore, but I do so enjoy Paul's
>pitch-perfect impersonation of Mister Barraclough from "Porridge".
>
>By the way, I also have problems with Frank Yang's weird coded
>messages. Fortunately someone quoted one the other day, enabling me to
>nick a great idea.
>
>Night night Mister Barraclough, night night Fletch.
>
>Lenny Godber
>
>In my CD player: CD 1 of the Booker T and the MGs annual set . CD 3
>features Boz Scaggs. Sounds like something you have to go to the vet
>with. Have Splat and Pish had their Boz Scaggs jabs yet?
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