"Here's a joke I just made up. If I had been born in Warsaw instead of in London then I shouldn't be a theatre critic, I'd be a lampshade"


I would stand by your right to make this comment.

Though I wouldn't have described it as a joke, but rather a truthful observation sweetened with humour to make it easier to savour.


By the way, I got off easy with the "palestinian suicide bomber in colditz" image.

It wasn't a good example of what I wanted to say.


A better example might have been Winnie the Pooh in a bondage basement ...

Or Uri Geller bending spoons at an AA meeting ...

you get the picture.