‘We British LOVE to queue’. I went to the post office the other day and there were three of us waiting to reach the counter – so we decided to form a queue. We talked about the weather but we must NEVER talk about the kids. In Iran a crowd fights to reach the bus first but as the doors opened the crowd backed down – ‘oh no no after you’, ‘no please my friend after you’.

It doesn’t sound so funny now does it? But believe me when Omid Djalili told it I was in stitches! I went to see him at the City Hall in Sheffield at the weekend and my God this guy is so funny. I was nearly crying when he started with the Taa’rof stuff because you can totally see it happening. That’s what’s so funny. I’ve never really been a big fan of stand-up comedy because mostly I see it as an excuse for disgusting old men to exercise vulgar toilet humour – the stuff that’s not funny unless you’re a ten year boy (or a disgusting old man). But Omid – now that guy’s funny. He’s like Peter Kay in that he knows his audience and knows that it’s far far funnier to tell a true to life story than some lame ass knock knock joke. The Dad-run, the weddings, the supermarket shopping and the garlic bread. Legendary!

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