I HAD cause to be in the Western Infirmary's accident and emergency unit in Glasgow recently. A huge fat teenager in his best sports wear (maybe he was in training for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games, in the running-with-a-knife event?) came in behind me. He obviously wasn't getting the immediate attention he deserved, what with his swagger (maybe he had a dislocated hip?) anyway....I disliked him because he sneered at me.
His fist clenched he
banged on the counter and demanded that someone look at him. The woman on the
reception was busy writing something down and carried on with her work.
He let rip a foul
tirade of abuse at the wee woman. I
would like to call her sassy Susan, she was wearing a tall bee hive blonde hair
do and that amazing bright pink lip liner that you just know she can do with
one hand and no mirror.
She merely bent down
and pressed a button under the counter, then she smiled at him and slammed the
glass window shut.
Three seconds later,
five policemen came out and hustled him to the door.
"My da' is fucking
dying!" he yelled. The cops ignored
him "I will you tube tis you bastards"
The cops laughed and
said "hey YOU tube....move it".
I love that in Glasgow we use the word TUBE as
an insult....
Just then, the
double doors to the exit banged open and there stood an old man with a
cigarette hanging from his mouth. He had bare, mottled legs and was wearing a
dirty old towelling robe and jangling enough gold bracelets to justify being
Glasgow's oldest white rapper.
"Son," he spoke quietly, "give
yer da' a light for his fag and stop annoying the polis."
Might not be pretty representation of Glasgow- but
these are my people and this is my Scotland.
There is the other side as well, head to the West
End and the nice mung bean cous-cous side of town and meet the folk who like to
knit yoga mats....but people despite appearances can all be pains in the ass.
Yet am proud of Scotland, you know why?
That irritating closet racist and homophobe and UKIP
leader Nigel Farage (weird name for a man who hates all things European) came
to Edinburgh recently to rally some troops for his 'party' and was promptly run
out of town. Yes an angry mob gave him short shift, they may have been loud,
raucous and sweary....but they did it.
The UKIP can maintain their 'we aren't racist'
stance but it doesn't wash in Scotland - we have a saying "don't piss on
my back and tell me it's raining" and that Mr Farage is what we hate about
liars....the fact you assume we don't know you.
So life goes on, am looking forward to June firstly
me and Ashley (my comedy daughter) are performing at Rock Ness festival....I
can't tell you how much this worries me, am scared of moths, but it will be
immense fun.
I still hate camping though and then on June 22nd I
will be recording my one woman show at The Comedy Cafe Theatre in Rivington
street East London.
I can't wait to do this, as so many people have
asked me can they buy recordings of shows and I had none. I had done a few
shaky video's of my shows but nothing that could be sold.
Producing and selling without a BIG MAJOR
distributor is the way forward for comics and this way, we can support a small
indie company AND get my show on CD
So now the awesome people at The Comedy Cafe Theatre
are going to get this done. If you want to see it live, check out the gigs list
on my website and buy tickets and come along.
So thanks for reading, if you want follow me on
twitter @JaneyGodley for updates.
