The Mega-Zine Museum
March 12, 2001
BOB BOB THE BOB As my mother used to say, "There's nothing to boast about cheese on toast." Indeed there isn't.
SIR WHENCE PITCHFORK It's probably possible to build up quite an intimate relationship with WLW through reading his/her/its replies to your messages. You offering?
PARSLEY POSSUM Look, Norbex, like I've told you before, "Shut up and forget about it, get up off o'yo' knees!" Yes, thank you, Dane, back in yer basket!
'ZINERS
What's up with Ovaltine?
The cup is round...
The jar is round...
If anything, it should be called Roundtine!
See, Vest Boy, I can also nick other people's e-mails and send them into 'Zine.
Captain Pantyliner and the Coathanger Crew
Nicked? Who? Who nicked what from whom?
WE'LL HAVE NO TROUBLE HERE...
A FEW POINTS:
- Trendies do not like Westlife. They listen to hardcore and house.
- I listen to Steps because their music is cheesy and meaningless. Does this make me a bad person?
- I do not wish to name myself after foodstuff/imaginary creatures etc. My name is odd enough, OK?
Cordelia
Okily dokily, neighbour — but perhaps
YOU'D BE HAPPIER WRITING TO VOID?
GRRRR....
After seven years of reading 'Zine (sad), and its predecessors (Generator etc), I thought I'd write in.
Is AFKA Gonzo still alive? Is Ironlion rusty?
Many of you won't know what I'm going on about but don't worry, neither do I.
My input: "The trouble with words is that you don't know whose mouth they've been in."
Spineless Bats
What a lovely thought — maybe we should
ALL KEEP OUR RESPECTIVE GOBS SHUT
TO THE 'ZINER WHO SAYS 'DILWEED'
Kewl. Another person who likes to say "dilweed". I always use it as an insult like "idiot".
Just curious as to how you came about this word. I've been using it for years and, as far as I'm concerned, I made it up when I was about 10 or something.
Silvan Draconis
Dilweed is a kewl word —
I STILL PREFER PLANK, THOUGH
I HAVE NO CONTROL...
My life is spiralling out of control.
Just when things are great, circumstances change once again.
What bad luck happens now?
Death, sorrow, lying, misery, sickness.
Inside, I'm screaming aloud, outside... I'm silent.
I'm afraid to show my emotions — fear, anger, love, hate.
I want to be happy, I want to be loved, but my emotional wall is up.
It's hard to knock down.
The Fors@ken One
Dismantle it brick by brick —
SLOWLY BUT SURELY IS THE WAY TO GO
DEAR WLW
So now trendies are "getting into" Papa Roach?
My frenzied Friday night boredom led me to watching TOTP. Imagine the hilarity as 100-odd teenyboppers "attempted" to dance to Roach's New York choons.
However, the rest of the night was spent in hospital recovering from my sides being split.
Zinar VII
PS: I saw Dark Grey Ponce Of Norbex in Mothercare last week.
New York choons? There's a choon?
BLIMEY, I HAD NO IDEA
'ZINERS
While flicking through some of my dad's old comics, I came across one that had a letters page.
Imagine my surprise when I discovered that the Ed in the comics made the same sarcastic, anti-trendy replies as our beloved WLW!
So tell us, WLW, did you work as Ed on a 1968 American Superman comic, or was it some distant ancestor?
Holy Purple Dragon
It was Great Uncle WLW —
THE 'VICTOR MELDREW' OF EDS
