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A true event

A true event, offered up to anyone who might be able to use it.

It was in June and when we used to get heat waves.

I entered the balmy uderground carriage and was amazed to see it almost empty.

Then it hit me. The smell of shit.

The only other person on the carriage was a tramp. And he was staring at me and doing something unhealthy under his raincoat.

The smell of shit got stronger so I dedcided to swap carriages at the next station.

As I stepped out of the carriage he thrust a book at me, shouting after me "Page 79"

I jumped into the (crowded) adjacent carriage and managed to find a seat. I looked at the book and saw it was a weather beaten copy of "A Meeting of Mind and Body."

Somewhat intrigued to see why a tramp was reading high Philosophy, and hoping perhaps for some revelation in to the workings of a tramp's mind I turned, as instructed, to page 79; where I was met with the sight of a giant skidmark, complete with nail imprint. The woman sat next to me gagged.

I think I'd make it into a film, a cross between The Da Vinci Code and Trainspotting.

You could get a trilogy out that, if you put in a wizard.

Do you still have the book? ;)

Quote: Gordon Bennett @ January 19 2013, 9:54 PM GMT

Do you still have the book? ;)

No, I gave it to a tramp waiting for a train

Did you tell him to look at page 79?

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