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I posted last year on the Doctor Who prom, which I found thoroughly enjoyable.
I saw the comedy prom advertised and thought it looked viewable. I've previously dismissed Tim Minchin as one of these 'new age' comedians, foul mouthed and not worthy of my time. I have to confess I'm wrong. He's obviously a very talented chap. Would Bill Bailey have done it better?
Sleep, little baby, sleep now my love
The milky way's shining, high up above.
When you grow up, you will learn all that stuff,
But now, close your eyes,
Close your eyes.
Sleep little baby, try not to squalk.
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, you�ll learn how to walk.
To love and laugh, Make toast/to totter and talk,
But for now, beddie byes
Your blanket's hand knitted, with pure angora wool,
Your nappy is dry and your tummy is full
Of enough antihistamine, to chill out a bull,
Yet still all this grindging.
What more, could you want? For I just can not guess..
You constantly complain to me,
You should feel blessed,
There are children in Africa starving to death,
And you dont here them whinging.
What else, can I do to put a stop to,
This mind numbing noise you are making?
Where is the line between patting and hitting?
When is rocking rocking, and when is it shaking?
I dont know what else I can do, to try and hush you
My heart says I love you but my brain's thinking pfd you
And hoping a child trafficer will abduct you,
At least then I�d get a few hours in bed.
I�ve shushed, and I've cooed
And I've even tried to sing Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da,
In the exact voice of Ringo
Now all I have left,
Is to hope, that a dingo will sneak in and rip off your fat head.
Oh hush, little baby, dont say a word!
Papa�s gonna buy you a mocking bird,
In the hope you�ll get Avian Flu, The nice folk in ANE will take care of you
That's it, close your eyes, shhh, not a sound
I can barely see your tiny chest moving up and down
One thing they don't mention in the parenting book
Your love for them grows, the closer to death they look
Last edited by: VxFan on Thu 1 Sep 11 at 00:59
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I watched it with SWMBO and we both enjoyed the whole show. I'd never heard of Minchin but I thought he was very good. I looked on YouTube afterwards and there's a lot of him there, including stuff he did at the prom.
I liked the Boy with the Tape on his Face and the Beardy Man.
I thought the whole thing went very well.
Ted
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By coincidence, I saw Tim Minchin perform live at Reading Festival on Sunday. I wept tears of laughter throughout the entire set, it was the highlight of the weekend for me. Which it wasn't supposed to be, it's a rock festival after all.
The man's a genius and I'll be looking to go to see him live on tour again.
He did a song about the Pope which is utterly unrepeatable here, and a song about bigotry/racism which literally had me creased double with laughter (called "Cont" or "Context", hard to explain, it needs to be heard). I laughed so hard I lost my voice a bit.
The tent he performed in was packed to the rafters, and there were people at least 10 deep outside who could have barely heard a thing, let alone seen him. Of all the acts I saw over the three days, none drew a crowd as impressive as this.
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>> By coincidence, I saw Tim Minchin perform live at Reading Festival on Sunday.
I suppose you did need to go to hear it clearly; 4 miles away in Woodley we could only hear the thud of the bass :)
My train goes past the site, and IIRC it takes about a month to clear up the mess. A lot of people appear to just leave their tents behind to make the journey back easier.
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Yes, you can get throw away tents now, they do have recycling facilities on site for the less lazy though. I wonder how the disposable tents stood up to the torrential rain on Thursday night..............
I live in the Warren area, so the sound is pretty clear from our garden......
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I've been past the festival site on the train into Reading.
Another reason - as if I needed one - not to go.
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Aye. It's certainly an event for the discerning punter.
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...It's certainly an event for the discerning punter...
Who wants to live in a muddy field surrounded by litter.
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Or one who lives so close he has a good titter at all the trogs living in the filth as he walks home for a good night's sleep and a proper shower/bath!
I'm not sure I'd go any more if I had to camp.
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...I'm not sure I'd go any more if I had to camp...
Presumably it's not too bad if the weather is fine and dry in the weeks leading up to the festival.
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>> 4 miles away in Woodley we could only hear the thud of the bass
I live 3 miles from the Strawberry Fields festival held last weekend... We could hear which song they were playing :)
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Comedy proms - Ted
