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Norm Stands Up Against Comic Relief

November 2nd 2008 23:15
Professor of Drama at the Institute for the Clinically Inane and lifelong patroniser of the artists, Norm has weighed into the debate about what constitutes Comedy with a stunning display of his own errant thinking.

"I'm here to say that I'm against Comic Relief. It's either all a joke or none of it is. There is no middleground," Norm, standing in the middle of Tragedy and Comedy, stood up and told the fans who were expecting a fit of laughter.

"This way to the fitting room," he said, as he thought for a moment and clarified some butter before launching a viscous attack on the sentences of others. "The idea that comedy should be infused with tragedy makes me want to laugh until I cry. The other way around," the Professor lectured his strides.

His strides, a fabulous pair of threadbare numbers with a pair of pockets here and a seam running through his anus and up through his scrotum and up to the very tip of his unmentionable, have taken on tragic proportions.

"If they could, they'd probably want me to fly by something other than the seat of themselves," the Prof demonstrated for the adoring whores. "Strides have been made for man to wear and that's that!" he empathised.

"How can I demonstrate how I feel about Comedy relieving Tragedy?" the classically trained blower of his own strumpet mused, before regurgitating something he had long since thought he had passed.

"Comedy through Tragedy. Tragedy through Comedy." he projectiled, "Not a bit of Comedy in the background of a Tragedy or vice versa," the latin-lover crooned, as the adoring whores' undies took fright and lauded the stooge.

Tragedy and Comedy, alternating ends of the Dramatic Art, are, it has been speculated, just two masks, one weeping and one laughing; they have as much to do with real life as the markings of a savage predator, I'm asking.

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Comment by RubySoho

November 2nd 2008 23:29
clarified some butter

Ghee wizz, you're a talented bloke!

Comment by Norm

November 2nd 2008 23:44
When I was a kid. Someone told me you could make butter from beating cream. So I took a bit of cream and beat it for ages. It turned to butter. True story.
I'm pretty sure the adults found it charming to see a kid beating a wine-glass of cream with a metal spoon until such time as it turned to butter.
"There's some in the fridge, you little freak "

Comment by David Edwards

November 3rd 2008 03:42
as he thought for a moment and clarified some butter before launching a viscous attack on the sentences of other's.

That is a stunning display of errant thinking - from the latin crooner.

Comment by Norm

November 3rd 2008 08:30
The apostrophe was a bit excessive so I had it removed. Forget what my point was. Something like the proper way to deal with tragedy is comedy. (As if I need any to go on a typing frenzy.) That's why I'm having the Bee Gee's Staying Alive playing at my funeral service. (When that tragic day should find me.)Provided anyone shows. At least I'll get a laugh out of it. The laugh will be on me. I'll be RIMCL (rolling in my coffin laughing).
Always a pleasure.

Comment by Morgan Bell

November 3rd 2008 09:12
Institute for the Clinically Inane

i just dont think we use the word "inane" nearly enough, hats off to you sir for bringing about the comeback of the punchy little word!

Comment by Janet Collins

November 3rd 2008 11:07
Your professor was right Norm. It's much better if crying turns into laughing than it is the other way round. I expect your Institute for the Clinically Inane wouldn't have much of either!

Comment by Anonymous

November 3rd 2008 14:27
So I took a bit of cream and beat it for ages. It turned to butter.

Butter'd your fat eh?

Comment by Norm

November 3rd 2008 21:39
Morgy, top of the morning to ya. From my expensive research the word 'inane' has, yes, yes, yes, a Latin origin - inanis - (meaning: empty, vain). As such, it is unnatural and I won't go there, girlfriend.


Janet, it's taken me tears to get here. Tears and tears. I like what Balzac wrote about tears. I paraphrase but it goes a little something like this: "This drama(his novel) will cost you many public tears (of the page)."
That tears it!

Anony, I've read nothing to say it's not natural.

Cheers.

Comment by Morgan Bell

November 4th 2008 06:22
oh i know, there are few things in this natural world that dont deserve the title of "unnatural"

Comment by damian

November 4th 2008 12:22
can definitely relate to this post on a personal level. I recently walked into a McDonald's outlet and asked for a McTragedy. The girl behind the counter handed me a mirror. The sight was so horrific, I just had to laugh.

Comment by Norm

November 4th 2008 21:45
Morgy, it's human nature to do the unnatural. Left-handed people, for instance.

damian, they make the mirror look a lot bigger in the ads. The good thing is that every McTragedy sold, McDonald's will donate an organiser to the terminally tardy. The deal runs out in a few days. Plenty of time. To miss out.

Cheers.

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