It's the start of the next holiday so I thought you all could do with cheering up. Here's a true Irish fishing story . . . Uncle Seamus stood watching an American tourist fishing. He noticed that the man dipped his bait into a bottle by his side before each cast and was astounded to find that he had a dozen fine trout flapping on the shore beside him within five minutes. He became curious and went down to ask the Yank what his secret was. 'No secret, my friend, but just a good old bottle of Kentucky Bourbon. The fish just can't get enough of it.' So Seamus hurried back to his cottage and got out his own fishing rod. But he didn't have any bourbon to hand so he decided to try out some of his home-made poitin instead. The next day the Yank was walking alongside the lake and met uncle Seamus coming the other way with a salmon the size of a small pony slung over his shoulder. 'Congratulations. I'm glad to see the Bourbon trick worked for you too,' he said. ‘Ah now!’ said Seamus ‘I didn’t have any of that foreign muck. I used a wee drop of the crettur!’ and he added 'When I got yon fish out of the water it took me full five minutes to get the worm to let go of his throat.' Well it must be true! Uncle Seamus told me! Have a great holiday. Slan Henry --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.654 / Virus Database: 419 - Release Date: 06/04/2004