Editing

Hi All,

I'm not sure if this is in the right forum (and I probably should be working anyway!!) but here goes.

I wrote a joke yesterday and have played around with it a couple of times but, which one if any works best? I just want to be sure that I'm using the right sort of editing techniques.

1. I don't like funerals, not because I don't like death.. I'm just not really a mourning person.

2. I don't like early funerals as I'm not really a mourning person.

3. I'm not really a mourning person, which is why I hate funerals.

Comments welcome!!

Thanks,

Jason.

No 3 Id say

What does the book say Jason???

I like to get up early and walk around the cemetery. That's right I'm a mourning person.

What about

"Hello everyone how are you today?"

"Im not doing too great because I just broke up with my girlfriend (pause until crowd say "orrr"). She said I never used to go to bed - not in that way you! (point to man in audience) until it was dead late."

"She said I have had enough of it when you go to bed dead late and you don't come and cuddle me even though it is late you just play bingo online!!"

"I said I'm sorry but I like to go to the cemetry at night when you are a sleep too. I would do it in the morning but I'm not really a cemetry mourning person!!!!"

And there before you know where you are, you're quoting Boy George. And if he knows, maybe he'll explain.

Hi Marc,

Books on order, I'm just waiting for it to turn up from amazon, bloody royal mail are useless (a joke in itself) the company that is.

I'll let you know how I get on once it arrives.

Cheers,

Jason

It's an old pun. The best version I know is...

"I was walking through a graveyard the other day when a bloke passed me by and said "morning". I said, "no, just walking the dog".