Janey Godley
Janey Godley
Janey Godley: It's not just a boozer, it's a clinic, community centre and more
IN SCOTLAND, hundreds of pubs will close down during this recession and it will be a crying shame for certain small areas when their local bars hit the skids.
Janey Godley: So how would you feel if you were being called a Gollyjock?
SOON we won't need comedians.
More top stories
Janey Godley: 'I asked Spielberg to turn the car around and he gave me herpes'
SNATCHES of random conversations I have overheard from passing strangers are just awesome. I have been collecting and noting them down for nearly a year now.
Janey Godley: Cutting benefits for drug addicts… is this government on crack?
JAMES Purnell, the UK Government's Work and Pensions Secretary, has laid out plans to stop benefits being paid to crack and heroin addicts unless they agree to try to break their habit.
Janey Godley: World of contradictions where Five-o say smoking's a no-no
DURING my recent trip to LA, I went to Venice Beach. If you took the gritty, maverick side of London's Soho, a smidgen of Amsterdam's coffee houses and a soupçon of Camden Market, whisked them altogether with some high-jinkery, medicinal marijuana and full-on sunshine, then Venice Beach is what would emerge from that hotpot.
Janey Godley: Even the unwanted Hollywood pups have better teeth than us
YOU know you are in LA when you meet your first tiny dog dressed in a tutu, wearing sunglasses and pink ballet pumps.
Janey Godley: You might not buy it, but I'm crafting a work of fiction in LA
AS YOU read this, I am sitting poolside in Los Angeles. I know it sounds awesome and very fabulous, but I am having a working holiday and trying to finish writing my first-ever novel. After having a stressful, hardworking and, to be honest, painfully sick December, I knew I needed some peace and quiet to get my head into gear and where better than sunny America?
Janey Godley: There was good, bad and ugly in 2008: I'm just glad I survived
AT THE start of every new year we get to look back at what went on throughout the past 12 months; we eschew the good, the bad and the possibly ugly events in our life and hope that the future brings better tidings. For me, 2008 was all about the credit crunch and banks collapsing. I spent sleepless nights worrying about my small, rainy-day savings, but then smiled as I realised they weren't anywhere near Iceland.
Janey Godley: What do you mean I could break a hip – how old do you think I am?
LAST week in Glasgow, I slipped on the icy pavement and a young, well-dressed man shot out an arm and caught me.
Janey Godley: Give a gift of footwear to the warmongering idiots this year
IF YOU were to ask me what I wanted for Christmas, I would tell you I already got my ideal gift.
Janey Godley: Can office parties please stay away from comedy clubs?
BEING a comedian at Christmas can be as funny as having your eyes poked out with a wooden spoon.
Janey Godley: Here are your pillars of society, the unpaid, unsung volunteers
LAST week I attended a community awards ceremony in Drumchapel. There were many dignitaries there, including politicians, high-ranking police officers and our own Glasgow Lord Provost.
Janey Godley: Alcoholism is the same illness no matter what job you do
MIDDLE-CLASS parents were berated last week for allowing their children to get pie-eyed drunk. So, all the previous warnings from government agencies about under-age drinking were aimed only at the lower-income end of society? Was this latest warning sent out to the posh folks on headed notepaper with a scented candle and some couscous?
Janey Godley: Poor public service can be a real slap in the face
THE recession is in full swing, people are worried about their jobs and I, for one, am trying to being nice to everyone. Comedy is not free from redundancy; even though the country is in dire need of a laugh, we are all treading carefully.
Janey Godley - Spending much less seems like a good idea all round this year
'THE CREDIT crunch will affect Christmas sales' is the latest prediction from the pundits who seem to know lots of stuff in advance. I, for one, am happy about that. I despise the gross overspending in the run up to the 'holiday season' here in the UK.
Janey Godley - The grand night out down the club rises again like a phoenix
BACK in the late 1970s, I used to go to the local Shettleston social club with my mum.
Janey Godley: We might not say 'I love you', but we're happy to show our hatred
I HAD lunch two weeks ago with some American friends in London. I didn't know the people very well, but they were really nice company and when we parted at least three of the guys said: "Such fun meeting you, Janey. I love you." They hugged me and walked off. I stood in the street embarrassed at their proclamation.
Janey Godley - My embarrassing outburst muffled by the incredible bulk
FLYING home from London last week, I sat beside a big, heavy-set man and his hulking body squashed me into the aisle of the aeroplane. Now, I know that I am not sylph-like myself, but I do fit into the standard airline seat comfortably. The big man kept shuffling about until he got himself settled. He wasn't really fat, more bulky and square and he seemed unaware of how much room his body took up, or how to deal with his thick limbs in a tight space.
Janey Godley: Did shape-shifting alien lizards really eat my pension fund?
CONSPIRACY theorists are in a heightened state of excitement. There is nothing better than a world cash crisis to fire up their imagination. Beardy men in boxrooms who have been swamping the web with all manners of revelations are now typing faster than they can shove tinfoil over their skulls and sweep the room for bugs.
Janey Godley: Sick of banks wasting your time? Don't join the queue
ON ENTERING my bank last week (in daylight, not with a mask and cosh) I stood in a queue as long as a kidney transplant list and watched the trainees do their stuff.
- Rangers run into the ground as furious HRMC battles to claw back tax
- Broken Rangers: Club signals intention to go into administration
- Scottish independence: David Cameron set to snub Alex Salmond’s separation talks bid
- Rangers blame HMRC for driving club to brink of administration
- Six Nations: Steadman given notice as ruthless Robinson seeks to strengthen team
- Scottish independence: No breakthrough in talks between Alex Salmond and Michael Moore
- Devo-max merely a dodgy back-up plan to save SNP, says Jim Sillars
- Scottish independence: David Cameron set to snub Alex Salmond’s separation talks bid
- The Rumour Mill: Tuesday’s football news and gossip
- The Rumour Mill: Monday’s football news and gossip
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Edinburgh
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Today
Cloudy
Temperature: 6 C to 11 C
Wind Speed: 18 mph
Wind direction: West
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 6 C to 11 C
Wind Speed: 20 mph
Wind direction: South west
