Sinister: Climpy*

[Kate Keenan]

Hi All,

I've also been lurking - mostly hiding out until I get my act together to 
send lovely thank-you cards out to those kind, longsufferers who sent me 
Christmas pressie exchanges.  Never fear - their tardiness is proportionate 
to their eventual fabulousness.  You probably oughtn't to send me such 
lovely stuff - it just overwhelms me (oh go on, then).

Anyway, had to stick my nose in at "Climpy".  Paulo, I'm in complete support 
of your campaign and I promise to do my bit but thought you might also like 
to know that Douglas Adams (terribly missed) defined "Climpy" in his 
brilliant book "The Meaning of Liff" as:

Allowing yourself to be persuaded to do something and pretending to be 
reluctant.

I don't see why it can't have two meanings in the spirit of the  "bust", 
"colon", "prune" and "taipan".

More the merrier, really.

Lots of love to all (plus some sheepishness to some),

Kate


>From: "Paulo Stinsoni" <paulo_stinsoni at xxx.com>
>Reply-To: "Paulo Stinsoni" <paulo_stinsoni at hotmail.com>
>To: sinister at missprint.org
>Subject: Sinister: Climpy*
>Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 12:12:03 +0000
>
>Hello,
>
>I wanted to say something, just something, but I can't think of anything.  
>I haven't sinisterated for such a while (been mailin' people off list a bit 
>tho') and I just felt you needed to hear my voice, to show I haven't been 
>scared away by the threat of rectally inserted oars.
>
>TOPIC
>
>I don't have one.  Oh sure I could easily glide down the "I can't wait 
>until the album comes out" route, or "I'm going to the gig in London", (oh 
>that cool set in London) but I think this has been covered by so many 
>others.
>
>Ah well.  Bit pointless really.  Still, it's better than working (I'm at 
>work at the moment)
>
>OK, here's something I say when lying in bed in the dark, with Theresa 
>Lovely, "Tell me something I don't know".  It's great, you find out all 
>sorts of stuff.
>
>I'll start you off - As well as being a musical junky, I play Dungeons and 
>Dragons.  Check that - a 35 year old playing D&D.  Every week too!
>
>Now your turn.  Go on tell us all (or I'll look a fool, again)
>
>Well, I'm off.
>
>See you all
>
>Paulo
>
>*PS - Climpy - I thought I'd made this word up, but it's a town in 
>Scotland.  I've been getting my son, Spike, to use it on his friends at 
>school, to try to get it in the dictionary, or at least in popular slang.  
>Go on, call someone a Climpy.  Basically it means "a fool".
>
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 +-+  "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+
 +-+    "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000     +-+
 +-+  "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000  +-+
 +-+  "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001   +-+
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