[HPFGU-OTChatter] Belle & Sebastian/ Off-topic things in other fandoms

[Neil Ward]

Jen said:

> I also liked the show about Belle, the Pyranees Mtn. dog, a lot... and
> the one about El Dorado...  Double Dare, OTOH, I *hated* -- Mark
> what's-his-name...  Not Mark-Paul Gosselar (sp?)...  he was on Saved by
> the Bell, which I also really hated...

I don't know this American show you're all talking about, but I do remember
"Belle & Sebastian".  There's now a cool indie band over here called Belle &
Sebastian - they were always on the playlist at the club I used to crew
(they aren't always the most danceable band, but it's fun watching people
try - a bit like firing off a mild shot of the Cruciatus Curse).  I once
attended a B&S tribute night in honour of the release one of their albums
and their last album was called "Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A
Peasant" - that's always puzzled me; I'm sure they didn't just make that
title up, so maybe somone can throw some light on it?

Now, try to work out how long it took us to get from John's Cube to obscure
album titles.

PS - "Saved By The Bell" is double-plus PANTS!

OFF-TOPICALITY

I am also on a Diana Wynne-Jones list and for about three months virtually
everyone on it seemed to be lurking.  Then, suddenly, the posting rate
escalated to around 80 a day.  I decided to check my autofiled messages and
found a huge thread called "tea" and then "chocolate (was tea)" and then
"chocolate".  After that, up popped "peanut butter" and "pickles", then "A
sinister topic" (about being left-handed).  Then there was the obligatory
thread about how OT the list had become.  Then someone posted a message
entitled: "Off-topic: the social context of anoraks," which needed
explaining to the non-Brits on the list.  Anorak is, as one DWJ list member
described it, "(British) slang for fannish or obsessive behaviour and it
derives from the clich that trainspotters (people who collect train numbers
as a hobby) all wore anoraks and bobble hats, and carried tartan patterned
thermos flasks."

Food and clothes, the twin peaks of OT-city <bg>

Neil, whose turquoise bodywork morphs into an turquoise anorak with hood
(naturally) and toggles.  On the breast pocket is a silver button that says
"press here for invisibility".  Very handy, that.
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