There are often meet-and-greets with stand ups at my favourite local venue (South Street, Reading) - and I always feel the tension between wanting to acknowledge, appreciate and thank the performers in person and, well, the weirdness.

I bluster past avoiding eye contact.

Funny game, innit?

Yes, Zaltor the merciless is the beating heart of the Bugle but he needs all of you to reinforce, contain and double down on the bullshit. And to be audibly repelled by the puns.

You are all the Bugle.

Long may it continue.
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I love Andy very much - but I also love you and Josh and Nish and John (splitter) and Tiff and Ria and Producer Chris and ChrisA and Anuvab and Tom and Aditi and all the others.
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I now live in a place where they really (really) call them cheeselogs. Sfunnyold world, innit.

We’re still enjoying it…

“My left bollocks”

I wish (a bit) - No, my office has moved from Wimbledon to Waterloo - and so I’ve been getting off trains/tubes early, doing a 30m walk into the office