Spherians were out in force. Bazza, Bill and Martin Parker in cracking form. 'The Barmy old bird at the Hall' will stay in my memory as a most felicitous turn of phrase.Janet Kenny got an hon mensh. She should have been up there instead of one of the entries (not of course one of ours) which has a line that MUST be a foot short.
The new competition is for PROSE. Dammit. But then I though P G Wodehouse and A A Milne. Do you think they count as modern. They are dead but they were alive during my lifetime.
No. 2736: Unauthorised versions
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