Date: 18 Feb 04 Adventures of Gamblegirl: P.O.P WARNING: This entry contains the following: References to nudity Penis references Genital origami If you are offended or put off by such things, please skip this entry. I don't know if this makes me a sick girl but one of the funniest things I have EVER SEEN is P.O.P or otherwise known as Puppetry of the Penis or aka genital origami. Yes all class am I!!! I've seen them heaps in Melbourne, the place that it all originally came from. When Friendly and Morely got together and performed ... well d*** tricks. Suddenly this means of getting extra cash while at Uni, became like a cult hit. The Corner Hotel their main stomping ground. Then it seems all of a sudden, the sensation exploded and Friendly and Morely were off and creating a franchise of P.O.P. Not only did they go nation wide, they are like McDonalds, they've gone GLOBAL. Now days, Friendly and Morely spend most of their time in New York where they have sell out shows, but when I saw an advert of my P.O.P performing (was about to use the term playing, then went - hang on, wrong choice of words) in London (okay so where is Hackney?), there was no way that I was missing this. And who better to join me then so it seems my fellow smutter, Andi. She's never seen it (as shocked as I was, I then realised that um not everyone is keen on it) so I told that's it. You have to see this. It's the most funniest thing I've ever seen. So we bundled out to Hackney (which is where?) to the Hackney Empire Theatre. Wow, sounds pretty classy and posh for a couple of guys doing d*** tricks. And it was. Apparently the Hackney Empire Theatre has a bit of a history (website link: http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk) and has just been renovated. Wow, it's pretty swish. Quite nice for two Aussie guys playing with their tackle. I may not have the best of luck with most things but there is one thing that I am really good at and it's getting good tix to events. For all Kylie shows, managed to get good tix (hey at the Palsis I managed to get 11 rows from the front and only booked them a week before), for Chicago I got front dead centre on (hullo Hugh, thanx for the rose) and my tix for P.O.P - well done if I might say so myself. Thank god it's not in the front but close enough to see without having to refer to the screen. The warm up, she was pretty funny but I was screaming with laughter at the guys. Good to see the classics were still there as were the dumb arse jokes. Hilariously funny yes, high brow - absolutely not. Just right for me. Judging by Andi's laughter, she enjoyed it as did the bunch of pissed women who were screaming with laughter and for some strange reason as were the whole bunch of dykes. But what really scratches my head is this. Gay men, I can understand being there because well... naked men on stage with penises free for all. But straight men??? P.O.P is a bit of a girls amusement, then a guys. Am still confused about the appearance of the dykes though. I have to say, my favourite trick though, it's simple but it makes me laugh, because it's just wrong is the slow mosk. It's just wrong but oh my god!!!! Then the strangest thing happened to me on the way home. Stepping out of the tube station, I got invited to join this (very) drunk guy's attempt to break the world record at having the most wives at the one time. Currently the record is 27. While honour for such an invitation, I think that I might just have to say no. But thanx for asking!!! Where do I find these people? That will be the eternal question that I ask myself. Gamblegirl