Scottie Bowman wrote: > It has just occurred to me that you may not be familiar > with the phenomenon since poofters cannot, of course, > survive in the dry climate of Australia. Au contraire, just last weekend the (world's?) largest parade of `poofters' had their annual parade, the Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras. It yearly attracts 60,000 people to watch it and remains Sydney's greatest occasional moneymaker. A bloody lot of fun it is too (: I would say that the desert climate suits them to the ground, you'd be surprised. Camille verona_beach@geocities.com @ THE ARTS HOLE http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442 @ THE INVERTED FOREST http://www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest