On Saturday evening I went to the local Arts Center with some friends to see Richard Herring’s show, “Menage á un”. Do not worry, it is not one of those Arts centers. He is a comedian and it was a stand-up comedy show. Only about a third of the show was actually about wanking.

Anyway, we were enjoying the show, as you do, and the jokes were certainly hitting the mark for me and my friends, TJ in particular, however it was clear that some of the audience were simply not getting it.

A rather large bloke in the row in front of me had managed to manoeuvre his arm across the shoulders of his date, a bit like in that scene in Grease. Even though, as a straight man, I have never seen Grease. Honestly. Someone in the pub told me about it.

The thing about comedy shows is that there tends to be a lot of laughter. People make these laughing noises throughout the show, and in fact, it is actively encouraged by some comedians. So when the person in front of you turns around and gives you and your friend a dirty look for laughing too loud, it is a little surprising.

I mean, how can you not find a routine about Jesus magically producing a vagina on his thigh so you could sexually gratify yourself after becoming bored of being masturbated by his stigmata? That is comedy gold!

He sat there for the remainder of the show as if he was on jury service, or like Kenickie watching Rizzo dance with the leader of the Scorpions at the Rydell High School dance. So I have been told.

Anyway, go and see the show. Unless you too are offended by jokes about our Lord and Saviour being sexually manipulated by a 39 year-old man who carries a potato in his pocket.

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