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Few one-liners for the forum's consumption.

I love racing horses. But they almost always beat me.

When I was little I used to play the fiddle, but we had to keep moving house because the neighbours kept chucking bricks through our windows. I guess people just have a problem with a child fiddler moving in next door.

I tell you what I can' get my head round. Invisible corners.

Some days I get to just curl up all naked in my own slime and lie in the fetal position. People say I don't know I'm born.

People say going to the theatre’s a gay man’s pastime but I think that’s crap, I always go with my straight mate Gary. He really loves ‘les mis’, but I’m more of a Rent boy.

My dad’s a doctor, he loves to help people. He joined that organisation, ‘Medecins Sans Frontieres’, or ‘Doctors without Boundaries’ to translate. And it’s true, he really doesn’t have boundaries in his work; he’s shagged landmine victims, sold heroine to orphans…

Calendars; their days are numbered.

I like talking to Voodoo dolls about my problems. They feel my pain.

Rubber eggs. You can’t beat em.

What does a dominatrix do? Beats me.

Finders keepers, my dad would say. Before he was fired from the missing children centre.

My old dad would call a spade a spade. Before he went blind; now he calls it three dots and a dash.

My mate Peado John is a great midfielder. He loves playing in the middle of the park.

Every man has his price, my dad would say. Before he got arrested for human trafficking.

Some days I wake up thinking I’m a crab. I pinch myself, but it doesn’t help.

Putting two fingers down my own throat? That makes me sick.

All my coat-hangers are gay but nobody knows.

My girlfriend says I’m xena-phobic, but I’ve got nothing against warrior princesses.

Those self-help books about OCD – I can’t stop buying them but I think I’m getting better.

I’ve met some crazy women in my time. That queen of hearts? She’s a card

Some sharp stuff there stu. I think tthat perhaps you were forcing some in the middle but a high standard overall.

In particular I liked racing horses, rent boy and Xena lol there

I could see Jimmy Carr do quite a few of these, good list.

Yer I liked them too! :)

Ta very much guys.

Yep, I thought of Jimmy Carr too.

I think:
When I was little I used to play the fiddle, but we had to keep moving house because the neighbours kept chucking bricks through our windows. I guess people just have a problem with a child fiddler moving in next door

should be:
When I was little I used to play the violin, but we had to keep moving house because the neighbours kept chucking bricks through our windows. I guess people just have a problem with a child fiddler moving in next door.

A small tweak but avoids the repetition.

A good read, Stu.

Also reminiscent of Lee Mack and Tim Vine

Can you call a violinist a fiddler? If so then I definitely agree about avoiding that repetition. Cheers James.

Some good lines there. Some need to be rewritten. You should look at comedians like lee Mack, Jimmy Carr and Tim Vine and see how fast they get to the punchline and aim for the same. The Medicine sans Frontieres one was my favorite even though its borders not boundaries as i'm sure you know. :)

Oh just another thing don' over use the same word. I think beat appears three times. Unless its part of the routine e.g Sorry about saying beat three times but its my personality. I never miss a trick

Quote: Stu R @ January 28, 2008, 11:37 PM

Can you call a violinist a fiddler? If so then I definitely agree about avoiding that repetition. Cheers James.

You could do some elaborate story about being in a country novelity band dressed as a baby goat playing the violin. But they had a problem with having a kiddie fiddler

Jesus, I'm bleeding!

That's how cutting that Calendar gag was.

Good stuff, Stu.

Quote: James Williams @ January 28, 2008, 11:30 PM

Yep, I thought of Jimmy Carr too.

I think:
When I was little I used to play the fiddle, but we had to keep moving house because the neighbours kept chucking bricks through our windows. I guess people just have a problem with a child fiddler moving in next door

should be:
When I was little I used to play the violin, but we had to keep moving house because the neighbours kept chucking bricks through our windows. I guess people just have a problem with a child fiddler moving in next door.

A small tweak but avoids the repetition.

Or even - I used to play the violin as a child. I was a kiddie fiddler.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Some great gags there, although I've heard the Xena one and the calenders one before.

Laughing out loud

Very, very good standard.

excellent, are you not frightened of getting them nicked?

Quote: bushbaby @ January 29, 2008, 12:07 PM

excellent, are you not frightened of getting them nicked?

That was my first thought BB.

I liked the calender one very much as well!

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