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Another nice show (I know I keep saying that but thankfully we have had a lot of nice shows). It was also the second outing for my as-yet-unmentioned new cardigan, which, it has to be said, is getting pretty much the same reaction as my old cardigan (nothing – it’s just a bit of knitwear).<\/p>\n

One of my uni mates was in the audience so I spent the rest of the afternoon catching up with her before heading to Helen Arney, Matt Parker and Steve Mould’s comedy science show Festival of the Spoken Nerd.<\/p>\n

I’ve been to several editions of FotSN in London, in a lovely but cramped room above a pub. The Edinburgh “Best of” show was in a much, much larger room – and still cramped, as nerds from across the city poured in, attracted by the promise of maths, physics and fact-checked jokes.<\/p>\n

I found a spot right at the back of the room where I could see the screen (not wanting to miss a single graph) and ended up sat on the bar for the duration of what was (unsurprisingly, based on previous experience), a funny and educashunal show. And I’m now one Helen Arney CD heavier – hurrah.<\/p>\n

(I use parentheses too much in these posts, don’t I? It probably says something deep about how my mind works. And the lack of redrafting.)<\/p>\n

\"Wordy<\/a>

Photo: Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>The day concluded with the antidote to Edinburgh, the always fun Comedy Countdown.<\/p>\n

Dan Atkinson’s misanthropic hosting is a joy; James Sherwood makes a wonderfully scatological Susie Dent; Paul Sinha was in suitably abusive form, especially when the audience shouted down his solution to one of the numbers rounds, which was frankly much more elegant than theirs; and Danny Pensive nearly had me on the floor with laughter when he reached into a Poundland bag and pulled out a homemade Wordy outfit.<\/p>\n

What I learnt today:<\/strong> How super-absorbent polymers work. And how to spell “objector”.<\/p>\n

Recommended show:<\/strong> Comedy Countdown<\/a> (again)<\/p>\n

Obligatory plug: I’m in Three Man Roast<\/a><\/strong>, 2.35pm weekdays and Saturday 20th at Finnegan’s Wake on Victoria Street – free entry. Also at the Amused Moose Comedy Awards Showcase<\/a> at the Pleasance Dome, 4pm on August 17th<\/strong> (book online<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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