Nepaali, goodness me. So good to see you back to Sajha cruising smoothly as it were! Welcome back. Yeah, there is quite a resolute fleet of fans out there constantly nagging SITARA to do more, myself included! :) I for one would feel pretty daft visiting Sajha without having to read her stories. Honestly. (No flattery intended, SITARA.) Oh, thanks for your info on 'On Beauty'. Delighted to hear that you enjoyed the book, I plan on reading it during my X-mas break. The combination of the two stock characters in White Teeth (the typical Zadie-Smith ones!) is one big chocolate with both humour and sheer wit rolled into it and one that you can ill-afford to miss having a bite at! I am glad that the book does still have the Samad/Archiebald duo effect and that's good. I perhaps relate more to these two men than others, predominantly because of their military backgrounds. The scene with the Russian soldiers is just so hilarious - kept me wriggling in in my chair with shock of laughter! No, I missed watching the Chanel 4 adaptation of the novel. Might try and get hold of the film. As an aside, if you happen to be living in my part of the world, the BBC has recently started a Shakespearean season with 'Much Ado about Nothing' kicking off the other day. You might want to check the BBC homepage. Oh, there is then another BBC adaptation of Dickens's 'Bleak House' which on BBC 1 tonight, being shown in episodes. Happy watching hai. I trust that you exam prep is coming along fine and that you're now ready to tackle the devil with confidence. My best wishes. And pse do pop in now and then and frankly, it'd be pretty dull reading this thread with only a few of us doing the talk. So, thanks for your input - I'm sure SITARA would have the same thing to say. She appears to be busy these last few days. Take care. ********************** Anon, John Lennon sketch is cracking. Goodday mate! :) *********** Scarlett, Long day for me too madam. :) Stay tuned all. Carpe diem