I don’t believe in angels, no. But I do have a wee parking angel. It’s on my dashboard and you wind it up. The wings flap and it’s supposed to give you a parking space. It’s worked so far.
BILLY CONNOLLYI loved Japan. I used to read a lot about it when I was a child. And I always wanted to go. And it was delightful. I absolutely loved it. What a smashing place.
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American sex shops are the most bizarre. They sell these inflatable dolls, but they also sell just the head — supposedly for people to drive along the highway with.
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When I was 12, we went from Glasgow to Aberdeen on a school trip. It was called fresh air fortnight.
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So, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel?
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Without arts programmes there’s only reality TV, and reality TV needs the arts to show it what reality is.
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I’ve always been fascinated by the difference between the jokes you can tell your friends but you can’t tell to an audience.
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The human race has been set up. Someone, somewhere, is playing a practical joke on us. Apparently, women need to feel loved to have sex. Men need to have sex to feel loved. How do we ever get started.
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I was brought up as a Catholic. I’ve got A-level guilt.
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I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce.
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Life is supposed to be fun. It’s not a job or occupation. We’re here only once and we should have a bit of a laugh.
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Don’t work out, work in.
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I don’t think I’ve ever died on stage. I’ve had jokes that died on stage. I’ve told a joke and absolutely nothing. They didn’t know it was the end of the joke.
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Scottish-Americans tell you that if you want to identify tartans, it’s easy – you simply look under the kilt, and if it’s a quarter-pounder, you know it’s a McDonald’s.
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I think the longer Britain is in Europe the better.
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The great thing about Glasgow is that if there’s a nuclear attack it’ll look exactly the same afterwards.
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If you haven’t heard a good rumour by 11:00am, start one.
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