Bad Arm

I've just recieved a text message from a friend, a fellow comedian on his way to a gig in Swansea. The message reads 'I have fucked my arm by falling over in Reading Station'. My immediate concern propelled me to write back 'Are you ok? Did you make it to the gig?'

'At gig, but Ow!' came the reply

Still, at least he will have something interesting to talk about when taking the stage. The old comedic cliché of "something funny happened to me on the way to the gig" if always avoided for fear of being "hack", was surely now a method worth employing.

Since I have a rather large gig on Thursday night in front of 300 or so people, looking down at my bank of material, I am considering going to Reading beforehand, hoping to lose balance.

To be honest, this isn't really possible - it's time to sit down and write.