Steve wrote: > Frightfully politically incorrect in some quarters these days, > but I've always loved W. E. Johns' Biggles books, and thanks > to a friend on the Biggles list, just completed my collection - > there's around 100 of them. > > I'm not sure if I got a love of aircraft and flying from the > books, or got into the books because I loved aircraft...
One of the funniest things I've ever heard is Michael Palin (from Monty Python-fame) reading a story he wrote called "Biggles Goes To See Bruce Springsteen". It's a bonus track on a cassette I have - Comic Relief - which was a concert in the UK to raise money for charity (mainly Africa-related). Some day when I get the time/energy I'll transcribe it - it's absolutely hilarious! The other very funny "skit" on this cassette is by Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, with Dawn trying to explain sex and conception to Jennifer. A sample: "A man, right, has got three dangly toilet parts, and the.... yeah, I think it's.... yeah, the middle one.... the middle one, is the important one." It has to be heard to be believed! Hell ____________________________ "To have great poets, there must be great audiences too." - Walt Whitman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hell's Personal Photo Page: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hell/main/personal.htm Visit the NBLs (Natural Born Losers) at: http://www.nbls.co.nz
