No need to worry about the spelling Nellie !
In a previous job, I had to do a welcome speech to around a 100 - 200 guests at a time, and I always tried to make it at least a bit humorous.
One evening, the entertainments person had sloped off to have sex with her boyfriend gone missing, so to fill the gap I did sort of do a 15 minute thing of what might loosely be called "stand up". I stole stuff from Dave Allen (school kids/teenagers talking on the phone, even though they had been together all day, teenagers thinking that if they stare long enough into the fridge something else just might materialise, etc etc) I got away with it!
Think I may be a bit long in the tooth (and way too nervous!) to start out on that road, although I'm drawn towards the written word.
I worry that this may sound big headed, but so many people (especially on GN) seem to like my ramblings, it does make me think a bit about if there might be a wider audience who are easily pleased might enjoy the odd bit of the codswallop that I write.
So far, apart from the village magazine, the only publication I have submitted a piece to has been "The Oldie" and that piece was turned down.
Have you ever thought of doing stand up comedy ?
I keep them both in a prime times, i.e. dusk and dawn, but the current routine means feeding at around 7.15am, kitchen window then left open while I go and shower, so that after brekkers they can go out and "stretch their legs".
I swear there were more feathers spread across the floor than were ever attached to the poor bird, and they were a devil to sweep up. Should women have equal pay and opportunities?
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