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Ten days ago, Paddy and I

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1. At 11:28 AM on 09 Jan 2007, Mrs Trellis wrote:

   Eddie, That is probably the best example of corpsing I have heard in years. Thank you, it was wonderful and quite cheered up my day.

2. At 11:31 AM on 09 Jan 2007, Big Sister wrote:

   I've got this on a loop now, and it's just c-r-a-c-k-i-n-g me up !!!!!!!

   'No one else is laughing', said Paddy. However not?

   Oh Eddie, you are awful. What faces were you pulling, along with all the naughty asides?

   Poor Paddy! Can we have a new presenter in here. please? Is Fi free?

   Or Eddie?

3. At 11:33 AM on 09 Jan 2007, MollyEFied wrote:

   "Too much talent in just an hour"

   To whom could he be referring?

4. At 11:34 AM on 09 Jan 2007, wrote:

   It's fatal to try and be professional in the face of giggles.

   It was summer 2006. The 3 existing members of my band The Lying Scotsman were gathered in a gazebo in my garden for a Saturday afternoon practice.

   We'd invited Pete, earmarked to become our fiddler if he liked us enough, and were going to play a few songs and see if he could contribute anything musically.

   Pete, unlike either bass player John or myself, has folk music credentials going back 30 years. He knows everybody, and has played with everybody worth knowing.

   Both John and guitar player Karl seemed to me to be a bit in awe of Pete, and Pete too was a bit quiet, perhaps unsure what to expect. How right he was.

   We made it easy on ourselves, by starting with our current favourite - a Chumbawamba song called Laughter in a Time of War. Pete sat quietly while we played it through once, then picked up his fiddle and we started again.

   A fiddle was so important to our evolving sound, and on paper Pete was ideal for us. It was vital that we make a good impression. So, just to make sure we were under enough pressure, John set his camcorder running.

   John caught my eye during Karl's intro to the song, and pulled a face. I fought manfully (womanfully?) to maintain my composure ... fatal mistake.

   Neither Karl nor Pete could see what the trouble was. I couldn't breathe enough to explain. John was giving it his best 'what???' innocent expression, whilst crossing his eyes whenever only I could see him, the ratbag!

   After 106 attempts I suggested (using sign language) that we try a different song.

   Throughout, the footage shows Pete sitting there, impassive throughout. Karl is bemused. John has his back to the camera so it looks as if only I'm unprofessional.

   My question to you, Eddie is ... were you pulling faces? looking ultra-innocent? holding eye contact? Because, my friend, you were doing SOMEthing!!!

   Pete turned out to have a great sense of humour. Since then he and I have bonded sufficiently for him to give me a sackload of tin whistles, tambourines, drums and other music toys ... of which John is jealous only because it included a train whistle.

   Moral: if you get the giggles, try twice and then bail. Have a cup of coffee. Re-script it completely. Save nothing of the original version because anything can set you off.

   And always, always make sure you have all the copies of the tapes!

   Fifi ;oD

5. At 12:06 PM on 09 Jan 2007, wrote:

   It's the way you tell 'em, Eddie. "They never arrive" had me collapsing as well.

   Was it Nigel Wrench who was ending his year on a high?

6. At 12:20 PM on 09 Jan 2007, wrote:

   Did the giggles have anything to do with ending the year on a high, me wonders.
   xx
   ed

7. At 12:56 PM on 09 Jan 2007, wrote:

   Oh, that was a joy to listen to!

   Well, you may well have been wasting 3 people's time then but you have just jollied me up no end! it just kept going on and on....wonderful!

8. At 01:00 PM on 09 Jan 2007, Eddie Mair wrote:

   I can assure you Ed (6) we were under the influence only of coffee.

9. At 01:04 PM on 09 Jan 2007, wrote:

   I think I have the answer courtesy of ´óÏó´«Ã½ News...

10. At 01:12 PM on 09 Jan 2007, Big Sister wrote:

    Jason, you are awwwwful - But I like you!

11. At 01:13 PM on 09 Jan 2007, Mrs Trellis wrote:

    I have just read the most disgusting statement (see ´óÏó´«Ã½ News website). It was made in response to questions about the US raid on Somalia. Quote: "So many dead people were lying in the area. We do not know who is who, but the raid was a success,"
    Words fail me. *weeping*
    

12. At 01:14 PM on 09 Jan 2007, wrote:

    That alone is well worth the licence fee. Will it be used in evidence next time the ´óÏó´«Ã½ are negotiating for an increase? Or possibly not.

    Isn't it weird how, if you're trying to record something, & it goes wrong more than once or twice, the successful bits you can manage after that tend to get shorter & shorter, till you end up barely able to start, let alone get near the end? Thank goodness for editing, I say.

13. At 01:28 PM on 09 Jan 2007, Gillian wrote:

    Well Jason, if Eddie and Paddy act on THAT advice before their next tete-a-tete, we'd better hope the microphone is switched on!
    Thanks, gents...so noble of you to humiliate yourselves for the good of the listeners!

14. At 01:30 PM on 09 Jan 2007, admin annie wrote:

    jonnie have you got time to do that magic thing you do and post this to the froggers website in a form I can hear please?

    hopefully new computer, due next month sometime, will be able to play anything I ask of it, even caesar 4, plus ´óÏó´«Ã½ soundbites as well as singing and dancing.

15. At 01:52 PM on 09 Jan 2007, wrote:

    Eddie (8)

    Pity

    Yours Aye,
    ed

16. At 02:13 PM on 09 Jan 2007, wrote:

    Gillian: reading the last paragraph of that report makes me realise why I never managed to get to the end of a PhD (sorry, DPhil...) at York. Bunch of miseries!

17. At 02:20 PM on 09 Jan 2007, wrote:

    Admin Annie (14) : If the new computer arrives and seems disappointingly short of bells and whistles, I have a large collection of these thanks (see [4] above) and could certainly spare you some.

    Except the train whistle. It's the only way I can control the trainspotter when he gets stroppy with me.

    Actually, it's also very good for getting instant respect if you're ever faced with a scary looking bunch of punks. They love trains.

    Fifi ;o)

18. At 02:20 PM on 09 Jan 2007, Anne P. wrote:

    Mrs Trellis (11)

    I share your horror and weep with you - but it does at least make explicit the fact that those who order such bombing raids care nothing for who they kill as long as they can claim 'a success'.

19. At 02:34 PM on 09 Jan 2007, Gillian wrote:

    Jason (16) Aaaaahhh! If only sex was the answer to everything......

20. At 02:56 PM on 09 Jan 2007, Mrs Trellis wrote:

    Gillian (19)
    You mean it isn't? D*mn! It would appear I have been concentrating on the wrong thing then.

21. At 03:08 PM on 09 Jan 2007, Belinda wrote:

    Gillian (19): You mean it isn't?

22. At 03:09 PM on 09 Jan 2007, wrote:

    Brilliant, Thanks made my day.

    It's in the audio file as an MP3 for anyone who has probs with real player along with a strange clip of Paddy on LBC Radio.

    I think he had a strange sex life when he was younger ?

23. At 03:28 PM on 09 Jan 2007, Valery P wrote:

    Oh Belinda(20) - you raced me to it.

    Jason - thanks for that!

    Eddie - this is absolutely priceless. I shall be listening to this again and again as it cheered me up more than anything else so far this year.

24. At 03:29 PM on 09 Jan 2007, Belinda wrote:

    Ah I see Mrs. Trellis and I had the same thought, and both using apostrophes correctly.

    Jonnie (22): Didn't we all have a strange sex life when we were younger?

25. At 03:36 PM on 09 Jan 2007, RJD wrote:

    Gillian (19)

    You may well be right. But until I have absolute proof I'll continue to assume that it is.

26. At 03:48 PM on 09 Jan 2007, Gillian wrote:

    Thanks Jonnie (22) Brilliant. Love the squirrels! It explains a lot, though I don't know what the miseries at York (9) would make of it

27. At 03:55 PM on 09 Jan 2007, wrote:

    Gillian (19) - although I have found it only rarely to be the solution, it is frequently the problem.

28. At 03:55 PM on 09 Jan 2007, Valery P wrote:

    Belinda - we-e-ell....

29. At 04:12 PM on 09 Jan 2007, wrote:

    Jonnie (22): "at 14 we need influence" - if Paddy was visualising squirrels and trees when a lady had just expressed what was expressed involving the swivvle chaie I would wager he could have done with a deal more influence.

30. At 04:24 PM on 09 Jan 2007, RJD wrote:

    Valery P - As the subject and being younger has come up, just how miserable should I be that someone stole my identity in the Balearics?

31. At 05:02 PM on 09 Jan 2007, wrote:

    For video evidence that I wasn't making the story up, please settle down with a cup of tea and watch this

    Rule 1 : When you get the giggles, give up and do something else instead

    Rule 2 : It is never enough just to face away from the person setting you off

    Rule 3 : After you have had the giggles, confiscate the camcorder and deny everything

    Paddy O'Connell, take note. Fifi knows.

    ;o) Fifi

32. At 05:16 PM on 09 Jan 2007, wrote:

    Fifi (currently 31): and like a consumate professional the fiddler fiddles with the fiddly bits of his fiddle whilst you giggle like a giggler getting more and more giggly. Very entertaining - is this part of the stage act?

33. At 05:25 PM on 09 Jan 2007, wrote:

    Re: Belinda (24)

    and

    Gillian (26)

    I just felt a little sorry for the Squirrels especially after readings Jason's link at (9)

34. At 05:49 PM on 09 Jan 2007, wrote:

    That was very funny Eddie. What made it funnier was that I was listening whilst you were struggling with summarising the problems of the police data base. I trust you've saved that snippet for another day.

    Mary

35. At 07:07 PM on 09 Jan 2007, wrote:

    Jason (32) : Actually, if you look at the video link on the home page of the website, you'll see that corpsing on stage is a not infrequent occurrence.

    It's John's fault. He's got a wicked sense of humour, even worse than mine.

    Meanwhile Karl just plunks away, Pete scrapes away, John struts about, and I'm the only one looking like an A-class giggler.

    Bar steward!

    Fifi ;o)

36. At 07:39 PM on 09 Jan 2007, Bill'n'Ben wrote:

    Eddie,

    Thank you very much, that will now join the Helsinki Complaints Video as the two that will lift me from the lowest low.

    Apart from Liffey that is.

    On a serious note, this is my first posting of the day and I get this??

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    Why do we bother??

    Brian

37. At 08:04 PM on 09 Jan 2007, Valery P wrote:

    RJD - be miserable, be very miserable :o). Did you have a cousin?

38. At 09:47 PM on 09 Jan 2007, pinklefish wrote:

    Aw Eddie that was great. I have a video somewhere of Paddy when he was on News 24 and he sneezed. He has the oddest sneeze I've ever heard. It was basically AWHEEE! AWHEEE!

    Look - I managed to find it!
    /cult/classic/outtakes/

    It's the third one down.

    Does he *really* sneeze like that? Bizarre.
    

39. At 10:32 PM on 09 Jan 2007, RJD wrote:

    Valery P

    I just knew, knew, knew that was going to be the answer.

    I've had a very busy evening and then you go and tell me that! Miserable doesn't describe it!

    As it happens I do have a cousin with exactly the same name, and a nephew too - but he's too young. I'll talk to the cousin and let you know!

40. At 10:43 PM on 09 Jan 2007, Bill'n'Ben wrote:

    I've just noticed that I am now a recent comment.

    Somebody must have taken some kind of notice. Unfortunately I'm posting this at 11.45 and no posts have gone up anywhere for hours.

    I refer you to my previous frog.

    Brian (definitely moving to DayTwo)

41. At 11:08 PM on 09 Jan 2007, wrote:

    thankyou thankyou thankyou.....

    
    made me laugh harder, than beating liverpool. [though i do have a soft spot for liverpool... really I do]

    please keeep posting these Eddie. They are truly unique to this blog.

42. At 05:53 AM on 10 Jan 2007, eddie mair wrote:

    Madmary (34) there WAS a reason for my confusion..which I will explain in a post later today...

43. At 12:14 PM on 10 Jan 2007, wrote:

    Eddie (42) : I do hope you'll be able to get the Comments link to work, when you do. I'm sure we will have something to say.....!

    Fifi

44. At 08:09 PM on 10 Jan 2007, wrote:

    It's taken me some time to get back to this thread and I've already posted elsewhere, but Eddie I hope you didn't think I was being rude about your presentation. I really wasn't.

    Your explanation made me laugh as well as the clip here.

    Mary

45. At 10:03 PM on 10 Jan 2007, Valery P wrote:

    RJD - ooh, do let me know! I'd be fascinated...

46. At 10:42 PM on 10 Jan 2007, gossipmistress wrote:

    Teeheeheeheehee laughing with tears!

    Only just remembered to listen - no sound on work computer (probably just as well in the circumstances) so forgot. What infectious giggling!!!

    Pinkle fish (38) that is really an alien sneeze. And did his Mum not teach him to put his hand in front of his face??!

47. At 03:01 PM on 11 Jan 2007, RJD wrote:

    Valery P - Before I embarass myself with my cousin who I only meet very occasionally can I try a bit of maths. If I remember correctly we were talking of the early 70s, yes? My best reckoning would be that in say 1973, he would have been no more than 12 or 13. Doesn't sound likely does it?

    1n 1973 Finbarr Nolan would have been 21.
    I'll have to check what age I would have been!

    Final question and I know some people think we all sound the same, but did my namesake have a Northern or Southern accent?

48. At 03:04 PM on 11 Jan 2007, Declan wrote:

    I laughed and laughed and laughed, thank you Eddie.

    Reminded me very much of Johnners and Aggers. Just in case anyone hasn't heard the "legover" clip:

    /news/olmedia/cta/sport/programmes/tms/legover.ram

    And even if you have, its worth another click. Hope I dun it right.