With Allan's new found detective abilities I sense the time is right to launch our version of 'The Four Just Men'. No doubt our resident feminists will see this as more evidence of our regression into boys' games, but there was always 'The Zoo Gang' for gender balance. I had Andrew in mind for our hitman, using his cover as an operative in the chocolate ant conspiracy. Molly is a banker for 'M' on name alone and Gabby for the role of 'The Needle', trained in Tibet to be the only person who really knows what is going on, like the horse in Cervantes. Don Johnson is a shoe in for the liaison role with US secret services. Tony's cover as starving artist and eco-terrorist (fruit speciality - though aren't bananas herbs?) is especially secure. Sadly, our sobriquet 'the red hand gang' was taken by 'Just William' some decades ago, so some work needed on that.
Indeed, Just William gives us a platform for suitable gender roles: 'Other recurring characters include Violet Elizabeth Bott, lisping spoiled daughter of the local nouveau riche millionaire (whose companionship William reluctantly endures, to prevent her carrying out her threat "I'll thcream and thcream 'till I'm thick"), and Joan Clive, the dark haired girl for whom William has a soft spot. Joan is sometimes considered a member of the Outlaws (the only girl entitled to this high privilege) and sometimes an "Outlaw ally" because she took a special oath. At one point she went away to boarding school, but continued to appear in William's adventures during her holidays.' How many of us will have to come out or turn gay to ensure statistical balance? We can be sure of the female roles as the books were written by Richmal Crompton Lamburn, a headmistress. Our biodegradable weaponry of banana skins and apple cores is clearly deep green (well done Tony). Gabby will have to take on the onerous dual roles of Violet and Joan, though in my interpretation has been playing them for years already. ' On Thursday, December 4, 2014 4:39:37 PM UTC, facilitator wrote: > > Update: > > Tossed my apple core out the window on my way to work this AM. > Feeling good about doing my part to reduce landfill usage. > Working on my oil furnace burner invention to reduce fuel consumption in > the North East. > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g2GJsxwQ-ms/VICOKiyATuI/AAAAAAAAAFw/qQ-dpgUiC5w/s1600/Copy%2Bof%2Ball%2Bcopy%2B021.jpg%2Blogo.jpg> > Not that far off in using my plastics for spaceships. Turns out, plastic > is the best material to use for long space flights. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
