Tag Archives: Fringe

Edinburgh Fringe misery (Rousse)

Encouraged by favourable reviews from 2024, I felt foolish to have bought tickets for this truly dreadful Edinburgh Fringe show one year later. My miserable face on the audience selfie distributed after the show said it all.

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An aeroplane exit and an Edinburgh Fringe entry (Rousse)

I paid attention as the air steward ran through the safety announcement. The instructions had changed. In an emergency, we were to exit through the roof of the plane. The route was through small marked holes in the ceiling. We … Continue reading

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Belle, bangs and brioches

I was trying hard to fit in to my new life as an American high school student. As I was walking away from school with a group of girls, a police officer stopped to talk to one of them. “Hey … Continue reading

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Rob Brydon, the Fringe Urban Orienteering Challenge, and a huge three dimensional yellow plastic jigsaw (Rousse)

My two metre tall friend – an amalgamation of the two JMs – said he’d come with me to find TPR once he’d popped the next piece into his huge three dimensional yellow plastic jigsaw. I could see that all … Continue reading

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Escaped gorillas from Edinburgh Zoo enjoy the Fringe experience (Rousse)

All the animals had escaped from Edinburgh Zoo. I spotted a hippopotamus lumbering along a New Town crescent, then a gnu carefully picking his way along a cobbled street. A family of three gorillas seemed more at home, queuing for … Continue reading

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Queue karaoke at the Edinburgh Breastival (Rousse)

PMF was desperate to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe, but it was now far too late to secure a show entry in this summer’s programme. ‘Here’s an idea’, I suggested. ‘”Queue karaoke” could be the top performance of the Fringe! … Continue reading

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A mortgage and husband-free Fringe performer (Rousse)

When I spotted academic J at the bus stop, I took the opportunity of checking the rumours that she had left her husband and moved into a flat of her own. She confirmed this, adding that she was almost free … Continue reading

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From pens to penis (Belle)

I spotted a vintage poster with the headline “I love drawing pens”. I couldn’t help but notice the typesetter had left a space between the “n” and the “s” so I decided to amend the poster to read “I love … Continue reading

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The Fringe, Finchley, and frightening fiction (Rousse)

One of the women at the café table turned to me and asked how I was enjoying my annual trip up to Edinburgh and the fringe festival. I politely explained that I was a resident of this fine city, so … Continue reading

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Rousse in a red-fringed wig

When I put on the long red fringed wig I looked just like my niece AF. If only I could snap a picture of myself to show everyone. Why had the IT guys taken the selfie feature off my iPhone?

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