On the stageToo shy to ever appear on stage myself, I still hung around theatres like a bad smell when I was younger - lighting and set design were what I was good at.
Backstage we'd attempt to sabotage every production - us lighting geeks would wind up the sound man by putting the remote "pause" button for his reel-to-reel tape machine on his chair, so when he sat down it'd start running, ruining his cues. Actors would do scenes out of order to make our lives hell. It was great and I don't know why I don't still do it.
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chthonic, Fri 2 Dec 2005, 11:02)
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The word 'naked' made me giggle and pick my noseOur school decided to hold a carol concert in the nearby church and as I liked singing I wanted to take part.
I was only eight though and I was rubbish at remembering the words. My brother, who was 11 and in the same school, promised the teachers faithfully that he would make sure I got it all learned for the night. He made it clear to me that I was only in the concert because the teachers trusted him to make sure I would learn everything properly and not look like an idiot.
I let him down utterly. I couldn't remember anything, so I just joined in with the choruses and picked my nose (and ate the contents with obvious relish*) for the rest of the time. This process was only interrupted by me giggling, out loud and at length when the words "I was cold I was naked" were sung in one carol. Naked! That's a rude word! "Teeheeheeeheeheeheeeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee...."
I only stopped my childish laughter for more nose-picking.
As one of the smallest, I was in the front row so all of the audience got a good look at me being an arse.
My family were all there to watch and I am often reminded by them of this (and other acts of stupidity on my part).
*I may still be doing this at age 36. In fact, I'm picking my nose while I write this!!...and did someone just say naked!? "Teeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee..."
(, Fri 2 Dec 2005, 12:40, Reply)
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