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Category: Robin Ince

One idea I explore in my stand-up show is whether, if you try looking at the universe rationally and avoid coping mechanisms like mysticism or religion, you can still be happy knowing you are going to die after a brief time on this spinning ball.

Time, Happy, Universe

If you really want space on public transport you should carry some pornography from the 1970s and a pair of children’s safety scissors, then delicately cut out all the eyes of the glamour models whilst whistling. Every now and again mutter, ‘Why are women more beautiful when they are eyeless?’ You will be able to stretch out, though this can have ramifications such as ending up on a police list or being run out of town.

I am not man or beast; I am bibliosexual, and a seedy bibliosexual who haunts the streets, laden with carrier bags held by blistered fingers, stooping under the weight of the rucksack that has brought on sciatica and a Dickensian demeanour.

bibliosexual, books