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From: rabin@dorsai.com (Robert Marks)
Date: 8 Mar 91 00:04:42 GMT
Subject: Get a life...
Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa
Organization: The Dorsai Diplomatic Mission
Not long ago, there was a brief debate in this newsgroup over Kate's height. With disbelief, I read through the postings, each of which hotly contested the claims of the others. "5'4"!" "No! She's 4'10" I tell you!" And so on. Well, yesterday as I reached page 90 (roughly the end) of "Kate Bush - A Visual Documentary" there was a reproduction of a questionnaire KaTe (note: approved spelling that time) Herself had filled out years before. In is, She Herself gave Her height as 5' 3-1/2". That's a reliable enough source for me. But the larger question is this: WHO CARES? Look, I'm a majo, big, huge Kate Bush fan; like I said, I just read a book on her. But even I have limits. Does it really make a rat's ass worth of difference exactly how tall she is? If She knew that Her fans were wasting time out of their short lives debating about this, how do you think She'd react? Undoubtedly, as a result of this posting, I will be flamed - no, scorched - into the next century. Perhaps I'll be banned from the newsgroup. I just felt that the voice of reason (no pretentious inferences intended) is sometimes needed to counter the fanatical devotion that some readers of this group exhibit.