The Mega-Zine Museum
July 3, 2005
DADDYPOOS Can I just say everyone on here is silly. A one-winged angel on a mongoose living off Jaffa Cakes and Marmite. And a giraffe with a sore throat. Aw, come on. Silly. Flubble-doo.
DALEK WLW - The Ed from B*ckch*t says your feet smell of nutty cheese. I'd tell him off. Mmm, cranberry brie?
THE SUITED STRANGER I am wondering if anyone else has experienced the lovely smell that sometimes follows a downpour? Soggy trees? Lovely.
JOHNNY AND THE CHOCCIES
Have you seen the trailer for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? How scary!
Johnny Depp looks like a cross between Jack White and Michael Jackson. He's got cheek bones you could slice fruit with.
The Oompa Loompa's have had a makeover too - either that or they're really cold or they've been hanging around with Smurfs.
And another thing - I found a quid fifty in my pocket. Great!
Maximus Decimus
Ooh, go and buy some fruit quick
AND GET JOHNNY'S CHEEK BONES TOO
EMMA
I think we're kinda soulmates, what with the radio shows and celebrity crushes (though Richard and Chris beat Jesse and Adam hands down any day).
But the amount of times that Cynic mentions you in a letter - come on, you have to admit it's very frequent - I swear he's jealous of the Maroon 5 lot 'cos he's got some unrequited love thing for you.
You never know.
Little Becky Bigmouth
It's what we've all been saying Bec
WELL, FRESHLY SQUEEZED, WHADDYA SAY?
WONKY GNOME
After some brief but extensive surveys of the population of my school, I am sad to say I do not think you go there.
I did however, find three defected 'Ziners (Hummingbird of Prey, and two who cannot remember their names).
I do think both our schools play host to the same breed of idiot. Sadly.
Elden Ray
It is your duty to get Hummingbird
OF PREY TO SWOOP BACK IN, ELDEN
BIRTHDAY PARTY
On Friday I had a birthday teddy bears' picnic. My birthday's not until August but seeing as by the middle of the holidays the pile of stuff on my floor makes it impossible for me to vacate my hovel I'm having two birthdays this year, kind of like the Queen.
On Mon, Tues, Wed and Thurs the weather was sunny. On Friday it rained. My friends and I had a delightful picnic on the floor in a shopping centre.
The One With The Mighty Antlers
You didn't take the teddies from the
NEARBY TOYS R US FOR A WALK DID YOU?
RUBBISH LETTERS
Every so often, I see a totally rubbish letter on 'Zine and am completely offended by the lack of quality control. It gets me so angry that I feel like writing in and complaining.
It's a complete outrage that people would waste my time like that.
Then I see my name at the bottom of it. Oops.
Daggsy
Same for me sometimes when I read my
ANSWERS. OOPS, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE
DETECTIVE RED JELLY BEAN
...is far from gormless.
You are correct in your insightful conjecture, Detective Red Jelly Bean: one who is "gormless" is indeed "lacking" in something. He/she is in fact lacking in "gaumr".
This is an old Norse word meaning "care" or "heed". It progressed through the dialect word, "gaum", meaning "understanding" to its current attachment to "-less".
The Bookish One
Does that mean there's a "gormful"
AND ARE YOU IT?
