Saw a clip the other day from The Richard and Judy Show. New faces to me but apparently pretty big in England at one time. What caught my attention was not so much the guests as the way Richard sprawled all over the sofa. In this, at any rate, I recognised a kindred spirit, for I too slouch back in my chair and sprawl all over the place. Indeed, in a bizarre variation of Parkinson's Law, people like me tend to sprawl and slouch to fill the space available.
"Sit up straight," my mother used to command. But I never did and now I'm paying the price! Speaking of sprawling, that reminds of the very first French joke I ever understood. It dates back to the days when each seat in the cinema was numbered.
Three elderly women came into the cinema and saw a young man sprawled out over three seats.
"Excuse me, young man,"one of the outraged women said, "but I think you're sitting in our seats. Can I see your ticket, please?" He handed over his ticket.
"Just as I thought," she said. You shouldn't be down here in the stalls. You should be upstairs in the balcony.
"Well," said the young man, "I was but I fell out."
I thought that was very funny.
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