Hello C.I., alas, I cannot take credit for this, as it is a little "one liner" from my biggest comedy hero, Spike Milligan.
Spike had a comedy brain that was years ahead of its time.
If it wasn't for him, there would have been no Monty Python, as when his humour hit the British public, about twenrty years before the Pythons, he changed our whole comedy scene forever.
He also had a very deep side, as he was a manic depressive, like other famous comedians. So he also produced some far reaching and thought provoking stuff, mainly poetry.
Example (Osso will like this one)
A young spring-tender girl
combed her joyous hair
'You are very ugly' said the mirror.
But, on her lips hung
a smile of dove-secret loveliness,
for only that morning had not
the blind boy said,
'You are beautiful'?
He excelled at utter nonsense, though.
When asked how long he had been in the army, he replied "Five foot eleven". Marvellous!
Spike created the Goon Show, an extremely popular comedy series on radio. Utterly brilliant nonsense....later on, during an interview, he was once talking about Eccles, his favourite Goon Show character.
"Eccles represents the permanency of man, his ability to go through anything and survive. They are trying to get off a ship on the Amazon and lower a boat. When they get to the shore Eccles is already there. "'How did you get ashore?'
"'Ho hum, I came across on that log.'
"'Log... that's an alligator!'
"'Ooh. I wondered why I kept getting shorter.'"
Now you may see where my literary influence comes from............
If you want to read all about him, there is this......
http://www.spikemilligan.co.uk/index2.html
