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As an aspiring comedy writer, the thing I need most of all is somebody to pay me obscene amounts of money for doing what I love. Unfortunately, I'm unlikely to get paid for watching porn on the Internet, so the next best thing would be some feedback on my writing.

You'll find the best(and worst)of my ramblings on my blog http://pebbles09.blogspot.com/

All opinions would be greatly appreciated. Even the bad ones.

Thanks

Mike

Pretty amusing stuff there Michael.

I've lost interest much earlier when reading similar efforts by others, so that's a thumbs-up.

"Reptilian shape changer" indeed! They only change their colour, they're not amorphous agamids. Have you sent any of your shorter letters to Viz?

Letters were very good I thought, definitely suitable for Viz.

Admittedly, I don't know much about lizards and - in the great tradition of tabloid journalism - couldn't be bothered to find out more about them before writing a lazy piece of cheap comedy at the expense of David Icke. But I do have an eight year old son and a Jack Russell. And I'm worried!

Quote: Michael O'Connor @ October 28 2009, 2:32 AM BST

... at the expense of David Icke. But I do have an eight year old son and a Jack Russell.

I am looking after an eight-year-old Jack Russell/Fox Terrier cross (stretching and yawning here).

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I'd never heard of David Icke before. Reptilian humanoids secretly ruling the world! Funny stuff. How is his surname pronounced? Icky?

Have only joined this site and am but a mere lover of comedy....not doing it for a living or anything...so what do I know?? but I do know what I find funny and I laughed out loud at some of that...the paedophile priest on mars, very funny, and I was able to find it funny while acknowledging it being an offcolour topic simply because of the absurdity of the setting...therefore what could have been a big no no became funny and not dark.

Also liked the short letters, with banal subject matter...cake icing indeed!!

Will be going back for a bit more of that I think, well done

I've just spent the last hour on a fresh news story. "Gok Wan Not Gay!"

I like posting this kind of stuff on my blog, but posting it somewhere that might pay me for the considerable mental effort required to compose such crap would be even nicer. Then, I could buy nice, shiny things like the local people have. Is that too much to ask? Teary

Sorry, Kenneth. Just getting back to your reply.

David Icke's surname is pronounced Ike. He was a sports broadcaster for the BBC at one time. I remember him from the '80s, doing snooker coverage.

I haven't followed his career closely, so I don't know exactly how he graduated from BBC sports broadcaster to believer in lizard type beings controlling the world. I think he was sacked by the BBC when he went public with some views along the lines of Jewish Illuminati conspiring to do bad things to us all, unless we wake up and smell the lizards. I'm sure somebody else will have more detailed information.

David Icke is still around and is the darling of conspiracy theorists. If you check out his website, you'll probably agree that there's not much point taking the piss out of this man. He's done all the work already.

Great site you have there Michael. I liked Bensons Hedges and the letters to the editor were excellent. So it looks as though I'm not the only Irishman on here. Have you sent your stuff to any production companies in Ireland? I send some stuff to Pat Shortts company but never heard anything back.

Nice to see you on the site ;)

Hello mate,
I really enjoyed dipping into your site.
It's ideal stuff for viral comedy in the workplace and done very well.

If I may offer a little advice, I'd really think about getting your own domain name and posting your stuff on a spoof site.

The Onion, is a good example of how this has worked.

http://www.theonion.com/content/index

This site is thriving and publishes books, merchandise etc.
I can see your material doing well in this kind of envoironment.
(This was my fave article from them : http://www.theonion.com/content/node/26247 )

Keep it up, I look forward to reading more.

:D

It's good stuff mate. And I agree with dkmj, make a proper website out of it =]

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