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He'd been a great stand-up comedian in his era. But in the 'ere and now, his brand of gag was out of touch with the sensitivities of modern-day liberalism. Racist, sizeist, misogynist jokes, even on the private club circuit, were now taboos, with the emphasis on 'boos'.

Those members of the audience who did raise a cackle were turned on by the politically-correct majority. He faced a career watershed. Either he overhauled his act dramatically or he faced dwindling engagements with dwindling audiences and long evenings of heckles and boos.

In the end he chose the booze.

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    Christopher over 6 years ago

    Dylan said 54 years ago "You better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone, for the times they are a-changin'" and that was never more true than it is today. And sometimes I just feel like sinking and getting it over with.

    Great drabble, Neville. As usual.

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    Neville Hunt over 6 years ago

    Thanks Christopher...but don’t feel like sinking...uplift...or rather upload!😕

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