Sinister: I want my sun-drenched wind-swept Ingrid Bergman kiss...

[James Thorniley]

Hello Sinister folks,

Apologies in advance...

I went to see Hefner at the Virgin Megastore just yesterday. They
rocked, and Erica kissed me on the cheek, so I'm still blushing; and I
met up with big Dave, who, once again, told me off for not posting
enough, so here goes...

I met someone who likes B&S! And not off the list - she is a colleague
from my new work (I have this grate holiday job explaining science to
little kids in this little science museum type place, which is quite
twee in itself really). She's really nice but I'm not sure if I will see
her again until christmas or something since she's only working at
holidays because she's at university during term time :/

Mmm, this post is crap compared to my last one. No poetry this time. I
was thinking about writing one about Lauren Laverne, who is my latest TV
crush (I do still love you, Hannah S Club, but you're just going to have
to deal with my new love), but I seem to have writer's block or
something. Hmm, she has a curiously similar name to the subject of my
last poem. Do you think that maybe Laura Llew will not send us a photo
of her because she is hiding her secret that she is, in fact, Lauren
Laverne? Prolly not - that's like my theory that Mick Cooke is Geri
Haliwell.

Mmm, well it's not really characteristic of me to go on and on like this
in reality.. so I will stop now and just finish with a story that a
friend forwarded to me (before anyone goes crazy, I personally don't
view it as anti-american, just anti-capitalist or something like that -
I don't think there's an anti-american trend on the list. I believe this
story was written by an American too.) Feel free to press delete now:


An American businessman was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican 
village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the 
small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The American 
complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how 
long it took to catch them. 

The Mexican replied, only a little while. 

The American then asked why didn't he stay out longer and catch more 
fish? 

The Mexican said he had enough to support his family's immediate 
needs. 

The American then asked, but what do you do with the rest of your 
time? 

The Mexican fisherman said, "I sleep late, fish a little, play with 
my children, take siesta with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village 
each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos, I have 
a full and busy life, senor." 

The American scoffed, "I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You 
should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger 
boat with the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several 
boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of 
selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the 
processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the 
product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this 
small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and 
eventually NY where you will run your expanding enterprise." 

The Mexican fisherman asked, "But senor, how long will this all 
take?" 

To which the American replied, "15-20 years." 

The Mexican fisherman asked, "But what then, senor?" 

The American laughed and said that's the best part. When the time is 
right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the 
public and become very rich, you would make millions. 

"Millions, senor? Then what?" replied the Mexican fisherman. 

The American said, "Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal 
fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with 
your kids, take siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the 
evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your 
amigos." 

--

I think I've gone on for quite a while now, I'd better stop

Seeya
James
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