So, This gospel writing gig.   How much like? Do I get the 75 year copyright clause? Do I get an entertaining budget for buying Musket beer to get his stories into our holy book? The more he drinks, the more like a gospel they sound. He comes to Donny Strummers most months. Isn't Dave the Gnome here in Yorksheer? Come and join us for beer and trad, last Monday of the month, Donny Ukrainian Club.

According to my Missus, I'm alive, eminent and have had items published in tabloid newspapers so could write gospels just like that Hastings chap. Oh, and I wore a poppy. The British Legion has cheap beer but getting a pint without a poppy this time of year is more trouble than it's worth. Still, no different to church goers who go for tradition and community rather than fairy stories.

A word in Dave the Gnome's shell like. Starting threads beyond the mental capacity of the usual suspects is fraught with disappointment. Quoting Professor Brian Cox to an audience of superstition and political naivety will never get you a Nobel prize.

On the bright side, you'd be surprised how many of us find these threads funny without contributing. I doubt I shall weigh in too often. I use the more useful features of Mudfat for music research though.