An eye full of fruit tingles
They work better than toblerone.
Went to see Ross Noble last night. He was very, very, very funny. Basically, he spent two and a half hours talking and had (I think) about 4 set piece jokes. The rest of the time he just spent wandering on strange tangents or teasing the people in the front row or two.
This is an important lesson in life: Sitting in the front row is not the way to go.
So (regressing a bit from there)...
Went with the Musician, the governors daughter, the quiet samurai and suave/aggressive. S/A had organised the tickets and when we were meeting (Milk and honey, 5:30) He turned up at 6:30. Also didn't actually have the tickets. Went and got them from the box office.
Now, it all worked out, but what was his plan if it didn't? sigh.
Anyway, dinner was good - milk and honey generally fabulous. QS and TGD went to move their car, and the rest of us walked over. The musician insisted that the Canberra theater was, in fact, the round building on the right. I pointed out that there were two theaters, one of which was actually called the Canberra theater, and the other of which was called the playhouse. She argued that they were both called the Canberra theater. i said...no, really, one's called the playhouse.
Went to ticket office, got tickets. They said Ccaneberra theater'.
Now, if you have been to the square in civic recently, there is some work being done and the usual entrance to the two theaters is not there, so there are whopping great big signs saying 'Canberra theater' to the left and 'playhouse' to the right. It's written in letters about 10 foot high. Musician insists that the signs don't know what they are talking about. For some reason I don't say 'look, bugger off and stop being stubborn' Musician insisted that we go right. We nearly walked into a shakespear thingy.
Eventually, we go to the actually correct venue, which is called (wait for it...) the Canberra theater. QS and TGD turn up later slightly miffed at having been told the wrong thing. Musician still unwilling to admit that the name 'Canberra theater' means that building with 'Canberra theater' written on it, as opposed to something else.
But a fun evening none the less.
Top 5 things I learned that evening
1) 10 foot tall signs tend to be more correct than people who are blatantly wrong
2) If you have an owl in a cage, cover the cage with blankets rather than the owl
3) Don't try to give shit to a comedian in front of an audience of a thousand people. You will look like a dick
4) When a comedian asks for questions from the audience, either have something intelligent to ask, or keep your mouth shut. Don't ask about things he already told you during the show. (Not that I asked a question - I took the 'shut up' option)
5) Sucking off a mouse and smoking a pipe have similar looking mouth movements.
Went to see Ross Noble last night. He was very, very, very funny. Basically, he spent two and a half hours talking and had (I think) about 4 set piece jokes. The rest of the time he just spent wandering on strange tangents or teasing the people in the front row or two.
This is an important lesson in life: Sitting in the front row is not the way to go.
So (regressing a bit from there)...
Went with the Musician, the governors daughter, the quiet samurai and suave/aggressive. S/A had organised the tickets and when we were meeting (Milk and honey, 5:30) He turned up at 6:30. Also didn't actually have the tickets. Went and got them from the box office.
Now, it all worked out, but what was his plan if it didn't? sigh.
Anyway, dinner was good - milk and honey generally fabulous. QS and TGD went to move their car, and the rest of us walked over. The musician insisted that the Canberra theater was, in fact, the round building on the right. I pointed out that there were two theaters, one of which was actually called the Canberra theater, and the other of which was called the playhouse. She argued that they were both called the Canberra theater. i said...no, really, one's called the playhouse.
Went to ticket office, got tickets. They said Ccaneberra theater'.
Now, if you have been to the square in civic recently, there is some work being done and the usual entrance to the two theaters is not there, so there are whopping great big signs saying 'Canberra theater' to the left and 'playhouse' to the right. It's written in letters about 10 foot high. Musician insists that the signs don't know what they are talking about. For some reason I don't say 'look, bugger off and stop being stubborn' Musician insisted that we go right. We nearly walked into a shakespear thingy.
Eventually, we go to the actually correct venue, which is called (wait for it...) the Canberra theater. QS and TGD turn up later slightly miffed at having been told the wrong thing. Musician still unwilling to admit that the name 'Canberra theater' means that building with 'Canberra theater' written on it, as opposed to something else.
But a fun evening none the less.
Top 5 things I learned that evening
1) 10 foot tall signs tend to be more correct than people who are blatantly wrong
2) If you have an owl in a cage, cover the cage with blankets rather than the owl
3) Don't try to give shit to a comedian in front of an audience of a thousand people. You will look like a dick
4) When a comedian asks for questions from the audience, either have something intelligent to ask, or keep your mouth shut. Don't ask about things he already told you during the show. (Not that I asked a question - I took the 'shut up' option)
5) Sucking off a mouse and smoking a pipe have similar looking mouth movements.