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Paul Heslop (paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk) 2003/09/10 03:14

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elag wrote:

> > > Perhaps It's Branson's grand scale self portrait.
> >
> > :O) It would have to resemble his ass and a voice would be coming out of
> > it. The name was great fun when it first hit the highstreet though, the
> > thought of a superstore where Warlocks could pop in and get themselves a
> > couple of virgins for sacrifice was too funny. Now things are not so
> > subtle... now we have shop front displays with "FCUK!" in huge letters.
>
> HEPL!  Actually, my first thought upon seeing the big hole was of
> Georges Bataille's "Solar Anus"... so it all sort of makes sense.
>
> "...a six pack of virgins, a roll of friction tape and the soundtrack to
> 'The Wiz', please..."

"And do i get a guarantee on those virgins?"

> > :O) We used to have a prog o ch4 where this guy went round skips (do
> > they call those huge lozenge shaped bins skips over there?) collecting
> > anything from furniture to cardboard tubes, which he would make better
> > furniture out of. Basically you could refurnish your house for
> > nothing... of course it would smell of cat pee and rotten vegetables.
>
> I don't think the term "skips" is common hereabouts.  I love using
> re-usind refuse myself, but it has to pass the sniff test.  My best find
> was a coil of copper tubing that I use as a bin for firewood.
>
> In fact my apartment is mainly furnished w/ rectified rubbish.

Ah, we used to kind of 'save' furniture. We still have odd bits the
family would have discarded. Plus ornaments. Being OCD makes it very
hard for me to get rid of stuff so I could easily have the messiest
place around if it weren't for my wife's steely determination.


--
 Paul. (I wish I had the wings to fly away from here)
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 Not what it seems...
 http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

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