Issue number 2

Published: 01-6-2000

F.A.Q.

• If, as the chemists say, "All roads lead to Rome" then shouldn't it make sense that over time Rome will increase and increase in population with people all ending up there, even when they didn't want to be there?
• When will the words "female arse fondlers" (IN THAT ORDER!) appear in your e-publication?
• How about it then? You, me, bare knuckles, out the back?
• When is it okay to use the subjunctive mood in my writing? If I were to use it, would it sound dated and archaic?
• Why do so many "children's menus" in cafes and restaurants feature baked beans so much? Are children in dire need of being fed baked beans?
• But why were they purple?
  
  Issue 1 questions:
• Why Bottom Pineapple?
• Who is Odd Gonk Shine?
• What are the origins of The Surrealist Worker?
• How often will The Surrealist Worker be published?
• Why does this page look pooh on my browser?

• If, as the chemists say, "All roads lead to Rome" then shouldn't it make sense that over time Rome will increase and increase in population with people all ending up there, even when they didn't want to be there?
  Whilst it is said that all roads lead to Rome, you have to remember that vehicles have a reverse gear.
  
  
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• When will the words "female arse fondlers" (IN THAT ORDER!) appear in your e-publication?
  Never. I've explained this before. Under no circumstances whatsoever will the words "female arse fondlers (in that order) appear in this publication. For our earlier statement, see the issue 1 postbag page.
  
  
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• How about it then? You, me, bare knuckles, out the back?
  Who is this "Bare Knuckles" person? Is this one of your female arse fondlers? If so, OK.
  
  
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• When is it okay to use the subjunctive mood in my writing? If I were to use it, would it sound dated and archaic?
  As appropriate and no.
  
  
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• Why do so many "children's menus" in cafes and restaurants feature baked beans so much? Are children in dire need of being fed baked beans?
  This is not so much a case of the children needing greater quantities of beans in their diet, but more an indication of the worrying state of the world tomato flavoured sauce market.
  For many years now, tomato sauce herders have been encouraged to increase productivity by programmes of selective breeding. Each of the continents has been subsidising this evil trade in different ways. In Europe, there is the funding of the "children's menu" system. Asia has a system of tokens which the efficient sauce herder can stockpile. These are then fermented into soya sauce. The Americans system is so tempting that sauceherds have taken to intense scientific development to create genetically modified sauces. With these, they supply the enforced "pizza" and "relish" industries. Each American is forced to eat several acres of pizza per year, and the burger chains must include the highly unnatural "relish" with their products, even though no-one actually wants the stuff.
  
  
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• But why were they purple?
  It is always the case that no matter what you are, or what an item is, if it exists, then it must be so.
  
  
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• Why Bottom Pineapple?
  Back in 1996, I was working at Caldershaw Dyeing Co. Ltd. in Rochdale (Lancashire, NW England) [hi folks] and one of my colleagues there used the expression "top banana". My instant response was "bottom pineapple" and it just stuck. After all, it's no more illogical!
  
  
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• Who is Odd Gonk Shine?
  Yes, dear readers, 'tis I, your beloved editor. This picture shows my inner glow, from which I get my name. For those of you who doubt that this is true, then work on this: Odd Gonk Shine is an anagram. Previously I'd always worked on my full name, but recently I realised that if I just used the name everyone calls me by, it produced a much better result. Oh, and yes, I worked out the anagram. I don't cheat with computer programs.
  
  
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• What are the origins of The Surrealist Worker?
  The Surrealist Worker started out life as "Nibblers", a school comic, in the mid 1980s. The comic was produced by a group of friends (myself included) and distributed round our school (Haslingden High School, Rossendale, Lancashire.) We broke even. I took over control of the comic (no-one else could be bothered) and started on the second issue. It's still in the preparation stage!
  As I grew up (I did, honest) I started developing a parallel magazine - "Nibbles". It was still schoolboy humour, but less pictures! Over the next few years, it developed into "The Surrealist Worker", and the first paper issue is now nearly ready for print. With the advent of the web, it seemed like the natural course to delay the paper version even longer, and produce an electronic version.
  
  
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• How often will The Surrealist Worker be published?
  If the paper version is anything to go by, expect the next issue to be released around 2015. Seriously though, I intend to update this page with at least some semblance of regularity. I'm hoping to have something new, if not a completely new issue, every month. Failing that at least bi-monthly.
  
  
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• Why does this site look pooh on my browser?
  Bottom Pineapple Productions cannot guarantee that all sections of this site will work on any browser, however I do all I can (within reason) to make it platform independant.
  This is a manually written site. I believe in understanding HTML, thus having greater control over the content.
  This site should be viewable on any browser supporting tables, but it is written on a PC using one of the two big name browsers. I check it on the other main name, but I can't install every browser, nor check it on an Apple. Should you have any problems with this site, please send details of the problem, and your browser, to
  
  
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Enjoy yourselves, and don't forget to send in your questions,
Odd Gonk Shine. 20-4-2000