Eric Idle, in today's Globe and Mail:

"There aren't many novelists who get dressed up like a woman and sing Isn't It Awfully Nice to Have a Pussy," he says, puffing out his chest. "I say, 'Follow that, Salman Rushdie.'"

Oh, and if someone at the Globe would like to explain why it's necessary for links from searches to look like this:

http://archives.theglobeandmail.com/search97cgi/s97_cgi?

action=View&VdkVgwKey=%2Fchico2%2Fusr%2Flocal%2Fgam%2Fse

arch%2Fhtml%2F20000425%2FTAERIC%2Ehtml&DocOffset=1&DocsF

ound=1&QueryZip=eric+idle&Collection=TGAM&SortField=sort

date&ViewTemplate=GAMDocView%2Ehts&SearchUrl=http%3A%2F%

2Farchives%2Etheglobeandmail%2Ecom%2Fsearch97cgi%2Fs97%5

Fcgi%3FQueryZip%3Deric%2Bidle%26ResultTemplate%3DGAMResu

lts%252Ehts%26QueryText%3Deric%2Bidle%26Collection%3DTGA

M%26SortField%3Dsortdate%26ViewTemplate%3DGAMDocView%252

Ehts% 26ResultStart%3D1%26ResultCount%3D10&

...when the actual article URL is:

http://www.globeandmail.com/gam/Arts/20000425/TAERIC.html

I'd love to know. Ta.