My go at Stand Up:
I woke up to the smell of a full English breakfast. Which was great. Although I had crashed into a Little Chef.
And when I say Little Chef, I don't mean a small person cooking me breakfast. I do mean the roadside restaurant. And if Little Chef were to ever employ a little chef, then they have my full support. But if Burger King ever got the same idea...
So I was in the back of the ambulance. The paramedic asked me, "are you a friend or relative?" I said, "I've never met you before." She said, "No, are you a friend or relative of the patient?" I said, "Nah, I'm just nosy."
So this Police man started asking me loads of questions. He asked, Were you drinking? I said, I've never touched a drop in my life. He asked, Were you taking any drugs? I told him, I don't use drugs. His final question, What exactly were you doing? I said, "Reading."
"Explains the book then." He said as he held up a copy of 'War & Peace'. I said, "I didn't get it." He then delineated the novel to me, explaining that it was about Napoleon's invasion of Russia through the eyes of five Russian aristocratic families in a Tsarist society. I said to him, Maybe Napoleon could've got a job a Little Chef. He said, There's more chance of their being a Burger King.
I smiled.