Eric Idle, in today's Globe

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.