17/08/07
Trolleys and Humanity -
Categories: Chipper this morning, despite the impending arrival of my family. It's hard when you're doing the fringe and family visit. Half of you wants to be civil and spend time with them, and the other half of you screams out 'FUCK OFF!'.
It's a good job that my experience here has been so positive, otherwise I'm convinced I couldn't deal with family nicities.
Spent some small time yesterday morning doing the Guardian Crossword with Rob Deering (weakest link winner and crossword aficionado - oh, and comedian etc etc). We parted with four clues unsolved, vowing to be in contact should either of us solve anything in the meantime.
That afternoon I racked my brains but was unable to break its back. A brief pause for an interview on Fresh Air FM.
During the interview, I read out one of my crossword clues on the radio on a wing and a prayer. Within three minutes, a man had emailed from Austria with the answer!!! The answer, by the way, was 'Burne-Jones'.
One other thing to report, on which I refuse to pass any judgement whatsoever.
A chap approached me to sell his show, as many do. His venue had fallen through before the festival, and so rather than admit defeat, he decided to come up regardless.
What to most of us would seem an insurmountable issue, to him was a technicality.
He is now handing out flyers with his mobile phone number on, offering to push people around Edinburgh in a trolley. It's a multi-media show, so you have to have a laptop in the trolley with you. This is because, in his words, he didn't want to be like 'those wacky guys who dress up in costumes'.
Judge not lest ye be judged.
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