[NeilE]

Hi All;

Revellus of Padua tackled this topic in his meisterwerk Modellus Modellissium.

To quote the Hoary Old Monk:

"Modellus spiritus sanctum
Lieum et globbus petrololium,
Eet sol sweptus avians
Et centorum micrus thingy et placum
Allus givum modellus spiritus

Et al SWMBO inspiritorum modellus sanctorum
Sanctus,
Eu gastronomicus postus meridian externus maximus,
Lo modellus spiritus et globus"

Which roughly translates as:

The sacred spirit of modelling is to found in a glob of oil,
the sun on a swept wing,
in a hundred little things and places;
All may have the sacred spirit of modelling

Even SWMBO may be inspired by the sacred spirit of modelling,
If the night out to dinner is great,
The modelling spirit is everywhere"

Some great truths of modelling never change...

All the Best

Neil

NB: A controversial translation by Jan Smer of Prague replaces the word SWMBO with the Latin name "Dymphynus". Dymphnus was, of course, Revellus' distant paramour....

N.