Quite interesting

[ghoti_mhic_uait]

QI last night was quite interesting... there was a bit about colour (related to extra toilets in the pentagon, which never were used in a segregated manner because FDR thought segregation was disgusting (which I completely agree with).

Anyway, I suddenly came over all patriotic... apparently a number of GIs asked for segregated pubs here, and the British public went 'you're barking' but a number of fights were started by white GIs attempting to evict black GIs... which the British weighed in on the black side. Hurray!

Of course then I was brought back to earth with a bump as I remembered pubs in my youth with 'No Irish' written on the door.

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[khalinche.livejournal.com]

I was just about to ask if ghoti had read the book. It's lusciously written, one of my favourites of the last few years.

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

Even better.... it always ends up as a book in my head, anyway. I discovered this when I described a plot to someone who knew it was definitely a film, only a film, but in my mind I could even see the paper and typeface. Weird, no?