Flurby Jim : Similarities

Just because Flurby Jim is the grooviest dude ever doesn't mean he isn't also a perfectly ordinary person.

No, in many respects Flurby Jim is just like you. He wishes TV adverts wouldn't try to be funny, that they'd release good films in summer also, that someone would shoot Robbie Williams in the forehead, that he knew the name of that other Beatle and that at some point he will develop opposable thumbs. i.e. : HE IS EXACTLY LIKE YOU.

He is also like you in this respect : he goes to the pub with his friends sometimes.

Scene : a pub. Flurby Jim is having a drink with Bill

Flurby Jim	I'm really unhappy
Bill	Occasional unhappiness is expected. We must all work for a better future.
Flurby Jim	Yeah, umm, thanks. I think I'll get another drink now.

(Flurby Jim walks to the bar)

Flurby Jim A pint of bitter, please
The barman But thats very nearly an armful!
Bill Without arms we could not function in society.
Flurby Jim I appreciate both of those things - but may I please have a pint of bitter?
The barman Its all take, take, take with you. People come here all day (but not after eleven at night, because surely in that sort of permissive society we would all die!) and they drink my alcohol and never once do they : A) give a thought to me, or B) give any money to me
Flurby Jim They don't give you money?
The barman Not recently. I mean, they used to, but that all ended after it was rumoured that I was trying to create a classless social hierarchy. But I wasn't! I just wanted a patch of land for my goats. And maybe the historic right to graze chickens on the common land. NB : my goats are all twenty feet tall
Flurby Jim Look, here is some money : . . . can . . . I . . . have . . . a pint of bitter?
The barman It isn't good for your health you know. One thousand people a day die from alcohol related issues. Thats twice as many as I can manage by hand. Now wake up : you didn't win Wimbledon again.
Flurby Jim So no bitter?
The barman Look, I just told you : thats twice as many as I can manage by hand.

(Flurby Jim returns to his seat)

Bill Have my spare pint. Alcohol related death is necessary to maintain the population level.

END

"I'm going to wash that man right out of my hair and send him on his way" - Flurby Jim's hair

Now, a scene removed from the reissue of 'A Hard Day's Night' :

Scene : a train. All the Beatles are present

Paul	Alright lads?
John	I'm fine
Ringo	Me also
That other Beatle	Hey, hey, we're the Beatles! And people say we Beatle around!

END

Now do you understand? One final demonstration :

Flurby Jim

You

"You see, it used to be so crime free around here that we left our front doors unlocked. But then, for some reason, there was a crime wave" - an old person.

Flurby Jim	A pint of bitter, please
The barman	But thats very nearly an armful!
Bill	Without arms we could not function in society.
Flurby Jim	I appreciate both of those things - but may I please have a pint of bitter?
The barman	Its all take, take, take with you. People come here all day (but not after eleven at night, because surely in that sort of permissive society we would all die!) and they drink my alcohol and never once do they : A) give a thought to me, or B) give any money to me
Flurby Jim	They don't give you money?
The barman	Not recently. I mean, they used to, but that all ended after it was rumoured that I was trying to create a classless social hierarchy. But I wasn't! I just wanted a patch of land for my goats. And maybe the historic right to graze chickens on the common land. NB : my goats are all twenty feet tall
Flurby Jim	Look, here is some money : . . . can . . . I . . . have . . . a pint of bitter?
The barman	It isn't good for your health you know. One thousand people a day die from alcohol related issues. Thats twice as many as I can manage by hand. Now wake up : you didn't win Wimbledon again.
Flurby Jim	So no bitter?
The barman	Look, I just told you : thats twice as many as I can manage by hand.