Why is it always me?

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Published by: Penny Lane on 21st Apr 2010 | View all blogs by Penny Lane

TWICE this week I have been to a comedy show and EACH time I ended up sitting behind/in front/next to some complete nutter who laughed ridiculously LOUD at every sodding joke. I love comedy and I love to laugh but too often I have had my night hindered by someone who sounds like a Hyena on speed.

If they’re not laughing then they are clapping with all the force they possibly can, just so everyone in the room knows that they got the joke.

The first night we were all packed in like ants around a sugar bowl, the night started off pretty well until the compare introduced the first act, and I thought I may lose my sense of sound. A woman resembling far too many big brother contestants, painted orange with what can only be described as a BIG WIG screeched out the highest pitch laugh I have ever heard, unfortunately her mate didn’t sound much better either.

The second night it was a man and a woman. They arrived late and spoke OVER the first few jokes regarding what kind of curry they were going to have after the show. They then proceeded to shout ‘Genius’ and clap 5 times after every punch line.

I wish these things just happened at comedy shows but there are a bunch of places where this occurs, for example...

Where does the weirdo on the bus sit?

Next to me

Who does the pervert in the nightclub aim for?

Who does the drunken man in the bar want to talk to?

Is it just me, or does anyone else feel like this happens to them?

Comments

15 Comments

by Penny Lane 2 years ago

I need tips on formatting, it looks fine when i send it ; - (
by Bren 2 years ago

That's the cloud! Penny, full of surprises, like life.
by maryluv 2 years ago

But I thought that people liked to talk to me on the bus.......
by Tony 2 years ago

I probably am the loony on the bus . . . *sigh*
by Minxie 2 years ago

I love the blog... hehe

Don't worry, you're definitely not the only one...

My friends say I'm too friendly and that's why I attract 'them'. But I like talking to people - it's just getting rid of them that's a bit difficult !

It's a pity they don't sell tickets for 'normal' people (to the left) and tickets for 'insane' ones (to the right)... Like when they used to segregate the smokers years ago at the cinema! That way you could choose! Although the insane ones may not actually realise they are insane so you may still get stuck sitting next to one???

minxie
by Tony 2 years ago

I usually end up sitting next to hamish.
by Penny Lane 2 years ago

I don't think there is any escape, nutters will seek us all out. It's always pretty funny when it's happening to your mate instead of you though, especially with the drunk ones in the pub. I have a friend like you Minxie, always too polite to tell them to sod off.....she's learnt the hard way ha ha ha ha.
by Minxie 2 years ago

tell me about it...

once one sees you chatting to the pub nutter they all think you're good fodder for their next chat... hehe

i had one with sunglasses last weekend that wasn't right! i don't mind that, but he REALLY WASN'T RIGHT! but i did get rid of him (eventually) lol

'sod off'... 'sod off'... am practicing for my next night out

minxie :]
by Weens 2 years ago

And I thought that I was the only one. I have a great gardener, but boy, he could talk for England. I pay him and then he starts telling me something that I don't really listen to. I throw in the odd ooh and aah to show that I am listening, but if I popped of to the loo for a couple of minutes, I'm not sure he'd even notice, he loves the sound of his own voice that much. I have to pretend I have something in the oven or can hear my phone ring, otherwise I'll take root myself if I stand in the doorway much longer. It's not just the gardener, it's the window cleaner, the man that delivers my meals on wheels .... I don't even need to go out to attract the nutters, they come to me at home.
by mike 2 years ago

Shouldn't the commedian on the stage make some cutting and witty comment about the people ruining his act?
by Wrathnar the Unreasonable 2 years ago

My headphones protect me from unwanted conversations in most circumstances, but that wouldn't really work at a comedy show. Mind you, wouldn't it wind up the comedian to sit in the front row of the audience with headphones on? It would be like passive heckling!
by Minxie 2 years ago

whilst reading a joke book.... go for it lol
by Penny Lane 2 years ago

If I learnt to lip read I could wear ear plugs through the show.....thinking about it, that's not a bad idea. Can you imagine what a peaceful life that would be? Never once hearing all those mind numbing conversations that we hear on the bus, in queues, at the petrol station, in the toilets etc etc

I may start following Wraths example and wear my earphones all the time...but that would make me one of THOSE nutters that nods their head when walking down the street and breaking into songs scaring the shit out of everyone OR i would have the music so loud that every other bugger would have to suffer my music...decisions, decisions.

Maybe I should just never leave the house!
by Tony 2 years ago

What's wrong with being a nutter? Wrathnar seems happy enough!
by Penny Lane 2 years ago

It's fine as long as you recognise the fact!! I'm guessing Wrathner is pretty secure in the fact that he is a well established nutter (but a funny one) x