Comments on: Sunday Reading for Mimics

By: Sharon

Sharon — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve got friends who used to live in Aberdeen. By all accounts it never really *stops* being cold and rainy. Except when it’s cold and snowy. (And they should know, they moved there from Shetland.) Your brother might want to read the hilarious rant about Aberdeen in the opening pages of Christopher Brookmyre’s A big boy did it and ran away. I’m told it’s all true.

By: rob

rob — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Me and my friends called Ponting George Bush for the whole Ashes series, and before. It’s a perfect nickname for facilitating quick-as-that pub gags…And he IS George Bush.

By: Quizman

Quizman — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Hey sepoy, how did you miss this juicy story from Mazdak?

By: sepoy

sepoy — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Duly noted, Quizman. And this at the vaunted event personally arranged by Ms. Nilofer Bakhtiar [the Pakistani Karen Hughes]!

rob: i never made the connection before but now i have more concrete evidence for why i never, ever, liked Ponting

sharon: all the rants about scotland, i learned from Irvine Welsh. Brookmyre’s looks worth reading.

By: Baraka

Baraka — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I got the hubby a stellar sheesha from Islamabad. Remind me next time I head home that you want one, ‘k?

By: Morcy

Morcy — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

On lynching, I think that that back third is from a diff article. That’s all that can make sense. This is an intriguing study, though, but the whys of it are not anywhere near to being dis-covered.

Personal to Raver: I sent you a friendster msg. I will try to IM you tomorrow.