Just because I needed a laugh:
...as tabloid reporters scoured the streets in safari gear brandishing butterfly nets, the Guardian picked up the scent of something big across the railway line by Catling Close.
Billy Rich, 44, was looking out of his window at 5.30am when he saw a black creature leap across the road and bound south towards Mayow Park.
"I see a ... thing," he said.
"What's he supposed to have seen?" asked his ex-wife.
"The beast of Sydenham," your correspondent explained.
"The only beast of Sydenham is him," she replied, prodding a finger at Mr Rich....
Alan(s), can we have a topic category for "Stuff"? I had to put this item under "Culture" just now and I'm not entirely sure it fits.
Posted by Martha Bridegam at March 23, 2005 11:34 AMI have added a new category with the uplifting name "Stuff and Things". Enjoy.
Posted by: Alan Hogue at March 23, 2005 12:21 PMHmm. It might work better to break those into two categories. "Stuff" and "Thingies".
Posted by: Ben Brumfield at March 23, 2005 12:26 PMMaybe they should have their own tables.
Posted by: Alan Hogue at March 23, 2005 12:39 PM