The Krays were rather cultured in a naff way, hung out with Joe Orton in Morocco and liked a good night out. Maybe see a show in the West End, go home and read Robert Frost. If only they'd used the genius for niceness instead of evil. Steve KK At 1:30 PM +0000 03/10/2000, bob johnson wrote: >john tranter pointed out that > >>When examined by Home Office psychiatrists, Reggie Kray tried to >>present himself self as a cultivated man who enjoyed listening >>to >Maria Callas, the operatic soprano, and reading poems by >>Robert >Frost." > >surely anyone who enjoys listening to maria callas deserves to be locked up. > >incidentally, i believe reggie published a book called "Thoughts" >which includes 'philosophy and poetry' by the man, as well as some >pomes by his bro ronnie. >should find it on http://www.thekrays.co.uk/ > >and, as an addendum, i often see double hard bastards wandering the >streets of whitechapel, clutching some poetic volume to their >chests. it's a very cultured area of the world. > > >bob johnson > >_________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > >Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at >http://profiles.msn.com. -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%