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_ Phil Kay
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comedians who are short on ideas.
I Ben .lolitisotrs just plain enormous shits.
I ('heating at gardening.
I Designing the Smart (‘ar listate.
I Medieval-thenied supermarkets.
I ( ‘oinedians with antique lanips as their merehandise l‘or sale at gigs; and their own hair and pool table hai/e.
I Btiild Your Own International (‘onvention ('entre Kit.
I l’iek—Your-( )vvn l’eet.
I Betamax Stonehenge.
I Very very old l)uteh Maltesers.
I Death by hulling.
I llavitig all the lighters you‘ve ever had back again.
I Slipping the phrase "l‘hree 'l’-hone steaks please‘ into a conversation with your auntie who has varicose veins. You auntie you.
I l'sing hinoeulars iii a large B & Q.
I Who Wants To Be A Sea-Bass'.’
I Oh yeah. runner bean bags.
I Beating up James Brown in Aberdeen iii September later this year.
I Anagrams ol Polish tovvns (ude ).
I Sponsoring the (libs.
I Auto l’redietive Text Messaging Letter Dialling l"aei|ity l‘ailure returning you to simply having to dial three times to get an ‘i’ and so on: like l‘ueking death in a niche of failure within a niche ereated to help us.
I The Moseovv State (‘ireus
I (‘oeks. tits. gays. lood. Areher.
I l’rinee Naseeni iii the (‘iorhals stuck at traffic lights in a Peugeot l()(i.
I Does all that weight really get supported by just the spokes'.’
I l‘aleon (‘rest on lee.
I Bad names for hands: ‘Rutger and The
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Out Thursday 16 August
Gaz Coombes steps back into the limelight
the cult comic hits the big screen the legendary dancer takes to acting underground politics at the Book Festival
Glasgow Green latest with Travis, Eminem, Marilyn Manson and Mull Historical Society
48 THE LIST 9-46 Aug 20m