Bennett recounts a story told to him by George Melly. Melly was coming back to London from a gig up north and got lost somewhere in Yorkshire. Anxious to get back on his chosen route, he flags down a passing car.
"Excuse me sir," he asks the motorist who's pulled over for him, "do you know the Bradford turn-off?"
"Know her? I bloody *married* her..."
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Bob
That's a cracker Robert!
ReplyDeletePS Why do you keep disappearing - are you doing short stretches at Her Majesty's?
Not so much short stretches as highly contorted lunges, Rog.
ReplyDeleteStill, if it amuses her Maj, then who am I to argue??
;)
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Bob