Mr Cringe (may I call you Spleen), my point was not about your (entirely honourable) action in declining the offer to perform but about Mr Gnome's making of the offer in the first place which seems to imply that the magnificence of your tank top showed you to be one of the best in folk music.

We will be glad to see you at the Lewes Arms Folk Club (I cannot speak for the Royal Oak) but be prepared for the fact that you will probably be asked, the moment you walk in the door, if you would like to do a floor spot.