Do you remember when New-Agey stuff was all the rage?  I remember it all right. I had the time of my life – but it was weird. I happened to be in California during those times – an excellent karmic choice, as it turned out; wild and wacky and wonderful. I was on a […] The post How I survived the New Age appeared first on PositiveComedy: communicate better ..read more

Gerry Maguire Thompson has nobly undertaken to carry out a survey of the world’s great beers. Somebody had to do it. Number 1 in the series: Epic Hop Zombie A truly great pale ale. Here’s the brewer’s description; “Hops have taken over the world, permeated the senses of the minions. Hop zombies now roam the […] The post The World’s Great Beers appeared first on PositiveComedy: communicate better ..read more

Gerry Thompson continues his Diary of a Pedant series of vlogs with a diatribe about people who go on about how amazingly unexpected everything is in life, and launches his ground-breaking theory about how the unexpected is more to be expected than the expected…. The post Diary of a pedant: Expect the Unexpected appeared first on PositiveComedy: communicate better ..read more

Gerry Thompson continues his Diary of a Pedant series of vlogs with a diatribe about people who go on about how amazingly unexpected everything is in life, and launches his ground-breaking theory about how the unexpected is more to be expected than the expected…. The post Diary of a pedant: Expect the Unexpected appeared first on PositiveComedy: communicate better ..read more

Improvised or spontaneous speaking is an excellent exercise which we use in our workshops, to help participants gain confidence and fluency in speaking and in getting creative ideas while doing so. It’s also great for practising being yourself and being in the moment, which in turn helps with natural creation of humour and engagement with […] The post Improvised speaking demo appeared first on PositiveComedy: communicate better ..read more

Check this out, in the papers the other day…. The post Multicultural UK appeared first on PositiveComedy: communicate better ..read more

Irish standup comedian Gerry Thompson relates the challenges of being More British The post Learning to be English: standup comedy appeared first on PositiveComedy: communicate better ..read more

Gerry Maguire Thompson performs his comic parody of the legendary Thomas Hood poem, I remember, I remember, the house where I was born. With live audience in Brighton  The post “I remember, I remember” poem parody appeared first on PositiveComedy: communicate better ..read more

Gerry performs a poem that explores just how many words you can rhyme with the word ‘tutor’ – with some help from the audience The post “The Rhyming Tutor”: humorous poem appeared first on PositiveComedy: communicate better ..read more

Here are 2019’s most ridiculous expenses claims and late tax return excuses, as reported by Inland Revenue: My mother-in-law is a witch and put a curse on me I’m too short to reach the post box I was just too busy – my first maid left, my second maid stole from me, and my third […] The post Top excuses for missing tax deadline appeared first on PositiveComedy: communicate better ..read more