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Title: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 08, 2017, 01:03:44 PM
All nice and ready like......... :thumbsup:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Grumpmeister on August 08, 2017, 06:59:17 PM
Anyone want to give odds on Nick being offered a show contract as someone thinks that his supernatural ability for gubbage is some kind of deep comedy routine...  rubschin:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Steve on August 08, 2017, 09:06:25 PM
He could do readings from his all new book:  Tales of the RiverCanal Bank
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Grumpmeister on August 08, 2017, 11:09:38 PM
The more I think about it the more "An Idiot's Guide to Health and Safety" seems viable.

We start off with a disclaimer along the lines of "The activities you are about to hear of should not be attempted by amateurs. Nick is a professional idiot with years of experience which allowed him to survive all the events mentioned" 

Then Nick limps on stage wearing various bandages and with at least one limb in plaster to begin telling his tales of woe.

It would either be a massive hit with the audience laughing hysterically or one of them will be arranging a padded cell for Nick.  rubschin:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 09, 2017, 05:50:07 AM
 ::)
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Grumpmeister on August 09, 2017, 08:42:43 AM
Look at how much laughter you've caused here telling us about your many calamities.

On a larger scale there could be big money in this....  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 09, 2017, 08:45:58 AM
 rubschin:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Grumpmeister on August 09, 2017, 08:57:11 AM
Look at how popular Mr Bean used to be.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 09, 2017, 08:58:12 AM
 evil:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Grumpmeister on August 09, 2017, 09:06:23 AM
What I'm saying is there is an obvious niche that is no longer being filled and you could be the next big thing you grouchy old sod.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 09, 2017, 09:11:24 AM
 rubschin:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 09, 2017, 09:16:16 AM
I have had some odd experiences in Scotland. rubschin:

There was that religious loony who shouted at me through the letter box every day  rubschin:

And the guy in Inverness who claimed to have lived on another planet rubschin:

And that hotel that caught fire but told us to stay put and not panic rubschin:

................
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Grumpmeister on August 09, 2017, 09:23:06 AM
You could get away with using them at the fringe but I'd make sure there was a lot of additional non Scottish material to spread it out.

Having seen Inverness I can understand why he thought he lived on another planet.  noooo:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 09, 2017, 09:28:33 AM
There was that unfortunate business with the Pope  angel1
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Darwins Selection on August 09, 2017, 09:45:20 AM
You could get away with using them at the fringe but I'd make sure there was a lot of additional non Scottish material to spread it out.

Having seen Inverness I can understand why he thought he lived on another planet.  noooo:

He even has the right colour hair for Edinburgh  whistle:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Grumpmeister on August 09, 2017, 09:46:26 AM
There was that unfortunate business with the Pope  angel1

You could include that in the routine but will your subsequent excommunication summon the wrath of the ex Mrs Nick...  scared2:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 09, 2017, 10:01:02 AM
You could get away with using them at the fringe but I'd make sure there was a lot of additional non Scottish material to spread it out.

Having seen Inverness I can understand why he thought he lived on another planet.  noooo:

He even has the right colour hair for Edinburgh  whistle:

 cussing:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 13, 2017, 01:50:47 PM
I discover today that Pink Sis is performing at the Festival. Stand up comedy. eeek:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Steve on August 13, 2017, 01:56:46 PM
I discover today that Pink Sis is performing at the Festival. Stand up comedy. eeek:
Telling the life story of her brother?
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 13, 2017, 01:57:10 PM
 cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Grumpmeister on August 13, 2017, 01:58:16 PM
I discover today that Pink Sis is performing at the Festival. Stand up comedy. eeek:
Telling the life story of her brother?

We tried to warn you Nick, you snooze you lose.  whistle:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Grumpmeister on August 14, 2017, 05:36:17 AM
Here's another show for you to see. Alex Salmond does stand up....  eeek:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4786154/Alex-Salmond-begins-two-week-Edinburgh-Fringe-comedy-stint.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4786154/Alex-Salmond-begins-two-week-Edinburgh-Fringe-comedy-stint.html)
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Barman on August 14, 2017, 06:06:52 AM
Here's another show for you to see. Alex Salmond does stand up....  eeek:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4786154/Alex-Salmond-begins-two-week-Edinburgh-Fringe-comedy-stint.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4786154/Alex-Salmond-begins-two-week-Edinburgh-Fringe-comedy-stint.html)

 eeek:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 14, 2017, 12:59:05 PM
Nod appears to have spectacularly cocked up the arrangements for Durham  ::)
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Grumpmeister on August 14, 2017, 09:29:36 PM
Nod appears to have spectacularly cocked up the arrangements for Durham  ::)

I always thought you two were made for each other...  whistle:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Darwins Selection on August 15, 2017, 03:22:38 PM
Nod appears to have spectacularly cocked up the arrangements for Durham  ::)
Is the Edinburgh festival in Durham these days then?
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 15, 2017, 03:25:56 PM
I am breaking my journey at Durham
Nod went to the University
He gets preferential rates at Durham Castle
We are driving there tomorrow
He returns home on the train on Thursday and I continue to Jockville
OK?

 ::)
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Darwins Selection on August 15, 2017, 04:42:34 PM
I am breaking my journey at Durham
Nod went to the University
He gets preferential rates at Durham Castle
We are driving there tomorrow
He returns home on the train on Thursday and I continue to Jockville
OK?

 ::)

Too much information.  noooo:

May we know what Nod studied at Durham?
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 15, 2017, 04:44:11 PM
History
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Grumpmeister on August 15, 2017, 08:31:46 PM
Here's another show for you to see. Alex Salmond does stand up....  eeek:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4786154/Alex-Salmond-begins-two-week-Edinburgh-Fringe-comedy-stint.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4786154/Alex-Salmond-begins-two-week-Edinburgh-Fringe-comedy-stint.html)

It seems Salmond has been drawing some fire for his supposedly comedic content. In all honesty I'm not sure if the complaints are genuinely concerning sexism or the fact that it put the image of him doing the horizontal tango with Nicola Sturgeon in their heads...  noooo:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Darwins Selection on August 16, 2017, 07:20:33 AM
History

All is explained...
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Barman on August 16, 2017, 08:48:27 AM
History

All is explained...

 lol: lol: lol:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 16, 2017, 02:24:08 PM
Lovely view from the top of the Castle Keep.

Pity about the 160 steps up NickSick NickSick NickSick
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 17, 2017, 01:50:32 PM
Raring to go. My hotel room is "compact".
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Barman on August 17, 2017, 01:51:51 PM
Raring to go. My hotel room is "compact".

and bijou...?
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 17, 2017, 02:04:59 PM
No evil:

Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Barman on August 17, 2017, 02:26:22 PM
No evil:

Awww... happy100

Any crumbs in the bed like...?  rubschin:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 17, 2017, 02:26:56 PM
No  sad24: sad24: sad24: sad24:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Barman on August 17, 2017, 02:29:49 PM
No  sad24: sad24: sad24: sad24:

Easily fixed!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 17, 2017, 02:31:22 PM
There is no room in here for any toast noooo:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Barman on August 17, 2017, 02:32:15 PM
There is no room in here for any toast noooo:

Just take the crumbs... ::)
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Darwins Selection on August 17, 2017, 03:11:56 PM
Raring to go. My hotel room is "compact".
point: point:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.thumbr.io%2F92d3897e38049b5397c49e04e84ae8f3%2FKhPZbWboUluRxv8PG87L%2Fwww.freepik.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F09%2F03previa-7.jpg%2F900x%2Fthumb.png&hash=8f7888fb7150b7a688707dcf25ef59ba041f02ec)
 point: point:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Barman on August 17, 2017, 03:17:58 PM
Raring to go. My hotel room is "compact".
point: point:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.thumbr.io%2F92d3897e38049b5397c49e04e84ae8f3%2FKhPZbWboUluRxv8PG87L%2Fwww.freepik.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F09%2F03previa-7.jpg%2F900x%2Fthumb.png&hash=8f7888fb7150b7a688707dcf25ef59ba041f02ec)
 point: point:

happy001
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Miss Demeanour on August 17, 2017, 03:40:30 PM
Kranky size  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 17, 2017, 09:05:02 PM
 evil: evil:

That pic is rather too close to the truth!

A stressful evening  NickSick
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Barman on August 18, 2017, 05:01:32 AM
evil: evil:

That pic is rather too close to the truth!

A stressful evening  NickSick

How was The Mrs....? Popcorn:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 18, 2017, 06:00:43 AM

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How was The Mrs....? Popcorn:
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Simmering with silent rage tbroughout.

In other news my bed dismantled itself into about 15 pieces in the night. Clambering out of the debris I held onto a chair which also fell apart. I am going to have to complain and explain at the same time. I can hardly move for bits of wood. noooo: noooo:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Barman on August 18, 2017, 06:05:45 AM

Quote from: That nice Barman

How was The Mrs....? Popcorn:

Simmering with silent rage tbroughout.

In other news my bed dismantled itself into about 15 pieces in the night. Clambering out of the debris I held onto a chair which also fell apart. I am going to have to complain and explain at the same time. I can hardly move for bits of wood. noooo: noooo:

 lol: lol: lol:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 18, 2017, 07:30:22 AM
Rain has stopped. Nowhere to sit in room as no bed and no chair  evil:

Going into town to see what happens....

Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Miss Demeanour on August 18, 2017, 07:36:17 AM
Gullivers Travels (2017 remake )  ;D
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Steve on August 18, 2017, 08:18:24 AM
Gullivers Travels (2017 remake )  ;D
lol: lol: lol:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 18, 2017, 03:36:59 PM
My room has been rebuilt but I am not confident  noooo:

In other news this is so sodding expensive that I may as well just draw every last penny I have out of the bank and set fire to it to save time.

And in worse news:


(https://s4.postimg.org/6y0zwi9jd/IMG_0667.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/6y0zwi9jd/)

 eveilgrin:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 18, 2017, 03:39:40 PM
A parallel group from Hull are putting on a "version" of A Midsummer Night's Dream  noooo:

I saw it earlier  noooo:

Reviewer said:" I thought Shakespeare had been dead for 400 years but I saw im being murdered onstage last night in Edinburgh"
 noooo:





















happy001
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Grumpmeister on August 18, 2017, 04:04:00 PM
In other news my bed dismantled itself into about 15 pieces in the night. Clambering out of the debris I held onto a chair which also fell apart. I am going to have to complain and explain at the same time. I can hardly move for bits of wood. noooo: noooo:

Telekenickis...  scared2:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 18, 2017, 04:45:10 PM
Right, back into the fray..... NickSick
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 18, 2017, 08:57:25 PM
Oh boy eeek:

1. Go to see the show and there is Mrs Nick still giving me the silent treatment
2. Two thirds of the way through the show one cast member vanishes. The rest soldier on.
3. Sound of sirens and paramedics  eeek:
4. Likely girl has been overdoing it.
5. We go off for dinner (me paying  ::))
6. Mrs Nick chooses her moment to launch an attack (in front of The Boy) about my "affair" with Miss I: young woman, 26, adultery, Boy has been told all about it by her, yadda yadda.
7. Oddly, I ended up leaving with the Boy as we were going in the same direction and he said, "What the fuck was that all about?"

 NickSick NickSick NickSick
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Barman on August 18, 2017, 09:13:24 PM
Oh boy eeek:

1. Go to see the show and there is Mrs Nick still giving me the silent treatment
2. Two thirds of the way through the show one cast member vanishes. The rest soldier on.
3. Sound of sirens and paramedics  eeek:
4. Likely girl has been overdoing it.
5. We go off for dinner (me paying  ::))
6. Mrs Nick chooses her moment to launch an attack (in front of The Boy) about my "affair" with Miss I: young woman, 26, adultery, Boy has been told all about it by her, yadda yadda.
7. Oddly, I ended up leaving with the Boy as we were going in the same direction and he said, "What the fuck was that all about?"

 NickSick NickSick NickSick

How much did they hose you for this time...?  whistle:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Miss Demeanour on August 18, 2017, 09:33:44 PM
Sounds like the hotel won't seem too bad a place tonight  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 18, 2017, 09:38:20 PM
Quite so, as long as the bed stays in one piece  scared2:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Steve on August 18, 2017, 10:27:06 PM
Oh boy eeek:

1. Go to see the show and there is Mrs Nick still giving me the silent treatment
2. Two thirds of the way through the show one cast member vanishes. The rest soldier on.
3. Sound of sirens and paramedics  eeek:
4. Likely girl has been overdoing it.
5. We go off for dinner (me paying  ::))
6. Mrs Nick chooses her moment to launch an attack (in front of The Boy) about my "affair" with Miss I: young woman, 26, adultery, Boy has been told all about it by her, yadda yadda.
7. Oddly, I ended up leaving with the Boy as we were going in the same direction and he said, "What the fuck was that all about?"

 NickSick NickSick NickSick

So Mrs Nick still avidly reads here. 

 rubschin: In which case Mrs N a special message for you  Finger:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 19, 2017, 06:22:54 AM
 :thumbsup:

I am pleased to report that my bedroom is in one piece. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Miss Demeanour on August 19, 2017, 07:23:40 AM
Declare it a sanctuary and stay there 😎
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Barman on August 19, 2017, 07:46:47 AM
Declare it a sanctuary and stay there 😎

Declare it a miracle more like!  eeek:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 19, 2017, 07:50:34 AM
Time to set off. Sent a shirty e mail to Mrs Nick last night  eveilgrin: eveilgrin:


Waiting for her reply  eveilgrin:



Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Barman on August 19, 2017, 08:10:43 AM
Time to set off. Sent a shirty e mail to Mrs Nick last night  eveilgrin: eveilgrin:


Waiting for her reply  eveilgrin:

That's like poking a stick in a wasp's next! scared2:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Miss Demeanour on August 19, 2017, 08:39:41 AM
Time to set off. Sent a shirty e mail to Mrs Nick last night  eveilgrin: eveilgrin:


Waiting for her reply  eveilgrin:

 scared2: scared2: scared2:

Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: boogs on August 19, 2017, 08:44:14 AM
Just catching up with this adventure  eeek:

I would just like to enquire as to what business  it is of Mrs Nick what Mr Nick does in his life other than what concerns the boy   rubschin:

Mr Nicks relationship with Miss I  cloud9:    sounds like a jealous woman to me  evil:

Perhaps if she took a look at  herself  and did something to improve her own life she would have less time to stalk Nick    cussing:   

I  have to say I  find wimmin like that who feel they have the right to still try to control a partners life when a relationship is over shameful to wimminkind   noooo:  same of course goes for men  evil:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Miss Demeanour on August 19, 2017, 09:52:44 AM
Nick usually just explains it as she is Catholic  lol:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Barman on August 19, 2017, 09:56:23 AM
Nick usually just explains it as she is Catholic  lol:

He sent me a messsage last night...

Mrs Nick is fucking certifiable!!

I replied, "well you married her"...  whistle:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Steve on August 19, 2017, 10:22:37 AM
Nick usually just explains it as she is Catholic  lol:

He sent me a messsage last night...

Mrs Nick is fucking certifiable!!

I replied, "well you married her"...  whistle:
Well be fair to Nick.  At the time she was probably certifiably fuckable
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Barman on August 19, 2017, 10:43:21 AM
Nick usually just explains it as she is Catholic  lol:

He sent me a messsage last night...

Mrs Nick is fucking certifiable!!

I replied, "well you married her"...  whistle:
Well be fair to Nick.  At the time she was probably certifiably fuckable

 drumroll:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 19, 2017, 03:21:35 PM
 redface: redface:  Convent skool  redface: redface:

Anyway, no reply to my e mail yet  whistle: eveilgrin:
Title: Re: The all new Nick's adventures at the Edinburgh Festival thread
Post by: Nick on August 19, 2017, 03:34:26 PM
And Pink Sis informs me she is taking her cat to Edinburgh to include in her stand up routine  noooo:

What can possibly go wrong?