In message <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] writes: > On The Final Cut, one of Francis Urquhart's minister's was called > "Sooty". Does anyone know what this slang term means? > Thank you, > Laurence Jarvik > Cultural Studies Fellow > Capital Research Center > > -- > Laurence Jarvik > > ---- > To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > Sooty and Sweep were/are children's glove puppets. I'd need the exact reference to make a guess...but the usual derogative about glove puppets is having someone's hands up your bum pulling strings! -- Morgan "Come to the edge", he said....we said "We are afraid"..."Come to the edge" he said...we came...he pushed us...and we flew. ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]