T.W.
Saturday 30th April 2011 10:57am [Edited]
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Just collected my DVD of 'If You Prefer A Milder Comedian, Please Ask For One' from the local Royal Mail delivery office. Had to collect 2 days later than I hoped because of the Bank Holiday and the fact that on Thursday the postie put a card through the door at 12.30pm saying they'd tried to deliver it, but I wasn't in, so I should collect it from the delivery office later... despite the fact the delivery office closes at 12.30, so there was no actual possibility of me ever being able to collect it anyway until the weekend anyway... Never mind the fact that the f**king DVD would have quite easily fitted through the letterbox and didn't require any kind of recorded delivery... Surely it would be easier for everyone if the Royal Mail just gave-up the pretence that they're actually interested in delivery anything, claiming that "Mail" is just a quaint, historical, irrelevant part of their strong brand name - in the same way that 'Fisherman's Friend' isn't really targetted specifically at fishermen anymore...?
Now your average McIntyre could turn-in an audience-pleasing ten minutes on the above "annoyances of everyday life" anecdote. I look forward to Mr Lee making no such kind of effort in this show. If I'm really honest, I'm sort of hoping that Mr Lee will not make any reference to anything remotely amusing that has ever happened or occurred to him, but will instead stare at the audience with a shared, pitying contempt for about an hour, before walking off stage to the sound of the embarrassed silence that he so obviously craves.
Anyway, the show beckons, so I may be some time...