Sinister: Is it a threat or a warning?

[Madeleine McNeil]

As promised (and an elf never breaks her word) I have been trying to get 
information of postal dates for the participants in the Christmas Gift 
Exchange Fiasco. Now, it's been harder than I thought. Good old Royal Mail 
have a useful pop up on their main page that gives all the last postal date 
information. Find it here: www.royalmail.com

However, I have had more difficulty finding out abour dates from other 
countries. But, I did find this ace website that links to every postal 
service in the WORLD: http://www.grcdi.nl/linkspo.htm

You should be able to find your post office there, but if the information 
isn't available online.... erm, sorry. My investigative powers are currently 
hampered by PMT, a nasty cold and a painful tooth infection. I am good for 
nothing but weeping, so I certainly can't find out the last postal dates 
from Brazil to Australia or whatever.

Those of you who send out your parcel late, or do not send it out at all, be 
warned. Laura and I will hunt you down and I will pick off the weedier 
looking ones and make you tend to me while I moan and wail with illness and 
misery. I will send you to the shop for solpadeine, I will make you bring me 
hot toddies and soothing ice cream and hot water bottles and I will moan and 
moan and moan.*

Ken mentioned B&S playing cards. I got mine recently. They smell funny. I 
haven't played with them yet, only taken them out of the box, looked at 
them, sniffed them and put them back again. I'm rubbish at card games 
anyway, as I can barely remember the rules, and I hate losing but I hate 
winning too because it feels a bit mean. I think I should only play Snap 
with slow, dull people I hate.

I have recently acquired, along with my playing cards, a new celebrity 
crush. I went to bed early on Friday in the hopes that I would have a saucy 
dream or two about her but instead I dreamt about being late for work for 
TWO WHOLE HOURS. When I finally woke up, I made it to work on time, only to 
be shouted at by a fat pompous visiting bookseller. And that sci fi fan who 
smells funny kept standing too close to me....

Anyway, that's quite enough,

Madeleine xxx

*This is not strictly true, but I am trying to impress upon you all that it 
is very important, dammit, that you send your gifts to people.




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