Flurby Jim & the Edinburgh Festival

Flurby Jim returned today from a not very successful run of his modernised version of 'Much Ado about Nothing' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Adapted to be closer to modern patience levels, a small segment follows :

Flurby Jim I need to jump up, jump up and get down
Benedick Jump up, jump up and get down says you sir, but a woman is more than a mere antelope
Flurby Jim Shut up, Benedick
Benedick Shut up, says you, but you are the up shutter
Flurby Jim Shut up!
Benedick Shut up, shut up, you repeat sir! Shall I compare you to a repeater in summer, sir?
Flurby Jim Please . . . please . . . please . . . shut the hell up
Benedick And now your repetition needs not even seperate sentences - you are a hacksaw. Or maybe a hawk.

(Flurby Jim punches Benedick in the face, kicks him repeatedly in the stomach and pulls his arms off)

Flurby Jim, meanwhile, was in a comtemplative mood :

Flurby Jim

He also remarked :

"The thing about the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, right, is that the serious shows are quite good (although the comedy is laughable not in the intended way), but absolutely no-one just gives me money. Even when I threaten them with knives." - Flurby Jim

Prompting the riposte :

"I'm the last of the famous international playboys" - (one hit wonder) Ricky Martin

At which point F.Jim's mobile phone rang :

"Hello? Yes, I'm at the station. The walls are grimy and the way is badly lit. Before me I see THE BUCKET. Exits are north, west and down . . . I do not understand the phrase 'grow out of it, I hate you, and I've always hated you' . . . Are you sure you want to end this adventure? . . . You visited one location and experienced 0.1% of my life" - Flurby Jim

Its just a lucky thing the rest of the civilised world realised that although the festival is good fun, artistically its mostly quite rubbish.