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Hello. It was the crocodile that did it. I was four or five years old on the beach at Clacton

watching Punch and Judy close enough to the stall to occasion to see the the fingers of the operator and then the green

crocodile suddenly expelled a stream of water right into my face and everybody laughed and dad

told me not to cry not to feel embarrassed didn't I have a sense of humour he said well I sometimes remember that

episode but I'm watching comedy that makes me feel uncomfortable, awkward, embarrassed. The sort of

embarrassment engendered by TV's curb your enthusiasm which although often very

profound, it's somehow acceptable embarrassment because you recognize the program is ruthlessly

exploiting your own liberal sensibilities.

Then there's the embarrassment raised by Little Britain the disturbing sense here that one's being invited by posh boys and girls

to laugh at the cultural detritus of the working class.

Okay, Vicky, well I would strongly advise you if you haven't already for the sake of your baby to give up smoking and drinking.

Oh my God, I so can't believe you just said that.

I smoked like once for like two years when I was like nine.

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