We had a lovely time with the Willow Lady at the extremely entertaining Michael McIntyre show in Bournemouth last evening. He was on stage a full 2 hours and barely paused for breath! Imagine facing 4,000 people and having the daunting task of making them laugh for all that time.
Driving back through Dorset today we spotted this breath-taking sight at Fontmell Down. Do English poppies normally flower in mid-October?
At the street party on Saturday we were just ambling along when we came across this pleasant, well-spoken, charismatic young man.
Imagine the scene… he is standing there holding a plastic glove aloft …
He tells us that he will put the glove on his head ….
Surely this pleasant young man can’t want to do anything quite so, well, silly? Well yes, he does and, not only that, he informs us that once the glove is upon his head he will inflate it using only his nostrils … and he does! Do you need super-hero lungs for this? Does it hurt? Well he keeps on inflating the glove until it explodes with an almighty bang, leaving a puny elastic band around his neck.
Thankfully the shock of that has made him realise he must be sensible now as he has picked up a tennis racquet. He must be about to do something much less crazy …. balance it on his chin whilst uni-cycling perhaps?
OH NO – he is going to put his whole body through it! Yikes! Looking at him I really don’t think he is going to be able to do this one. There must be a catch. Er, but there isn’t. He throws one arm into the air and kind of holds it in a frightening position, with it swinging loosely and aimlessly and then the squeezing and writhing begins. At one point (possibly this one) he announces “Congratulations, it’s a boy!”
Like this lady, I can hardly bear to watch him …
He seems to be quite calm about the whole thing and is not phased by the heckling of this young man … At the point where he has the racquet around his waist, I am panicking … what if he can’t get it off?
Needless to say, he gets out of it, with a bit of pushing, adjustment and squirming … and then is ready for his next feat – aided and abetted by Oscar, a young onlooker from the crowd…
Helped by two sturdy men, Tom mounts the unicycle and pleads with Oscar to throw him the juggling club … only Oscar is really quite small and has to make several repeated attempts to fling it into the air high enough.
At last he does it and, after much tension and hilarity, Tom is juggling on a uni-cycle (on a slope!) amidst a completely enthralled crowd.
I was watching Rhod Gilbert this morning … that man is SO funny.
His explanation of buying a duvet is one of the funniest things I’ve seen – how he didn’t explode whilst recounting his frustration I don’t know. The duvet bit is on the above YouTube clip at around 4:20 minutes in ….
Then there’s the torch with the light of a MILLYON candles, his mother and The Taliban … priceless comedy.
Interestingly on the YouTube clips of his performances in Canada and Australia he doesn’t speak with such a pronounced Welsh accent.
On further investigation, I found that he will be at Komedia, Bath in November.
Guess who’s got tickets?
A little while ago, I was tagged by Jennie over at Jennie’s World Today
- Name five songs or pieces of music that you would take with you to a desert island for an extended/indefinite stay;
- Name the book you would take
- Finally, name one luxury item that you simply couldn’t be without (this sort of assumes that you are dumped on the island with very limited resources and very little in the way of a set up camp).
This was the subject of much discussion between Mr Dancing and me. To choose only five pieces of music is very difficult but, as it’s only an imaginary island I’m going to, I shan’t worry too much about it. My decision depends on my mood at the time, so let’s go for it NOW.
My 5 pieces of music are as follows:
1 I just LOVE Eric Bibb and would choose his amusing Panama Hat because the lyrics are so appropriate for a desert island. I can find neither the song nor the lyrics at the moment so, although it’s cheating, I’ll post this YouTube clip of another song I’ve seen him perform – at least he’s WEARING the panama hat!
2 One of James Taylor’s songs HAS to be included too and I’m going to choose Close Your Eyes from the 1971 album Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon. I hope he sings it when I see him in June. (The YouTube sound is not great on this rather old clip but you get the idea)
3 Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto – totally beautiful and to be listened to with closed eyes a la James Taylor’s instruction in the previous song!
4 Something by The Spooky Men’s Chorale of Australia - probably The Beatles’ And I Love Her… again I hope to see them in the summer.
5 Something by Bruce Springsteen …. Philadelphia would do nicely.
As I enjoy his programmes so much the book will have to be Ray Mears Outdoor Survival Handbook
My luxury item, given that there probably wouldn’t be an Internet connection,would be a wind-up radio with which I might, with a bit of luck, be able to listen to Radio 4.
Thanks Jennie – that was good fun.
As Jennie mentioned in her post if anyone wants to take part, feel free but do post a comment so I can be nosey too!
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