The Currency of Change
It has oft been said that: "The only thing that you can be guaranteed to expect in life, is the basic fact that everything eventually changes". One minute even the most simplest of tasks can turn into a laborious uphill struggle. Then the next minute without warning, things can all magically fall back into place again (that is of course, until a fresh batch of "new and improved" uphill struggles are promptly delivered lovingly to your door!).
During last week's show, certain problems were resolved and certain new ones were made apparent:
Russell's visa finally came through (much to our relief), so now he's getting all ready and set to jet off to Hawaii!
A Cowboy got left high and dry by an ex-sailor (you really have to listen again to the show to get this one, it's waaay too complicated to explain!)
Matt's going through the annoyingly stressful process of moving house (I don't envy him one bit).
And Christophe (the goldfish we rescued), has gone from being on the brink of extermination in Birmingham, to hanging out with the likes of Wogan, Dermott and even Parky! (you could even say that:he's swimming with the "Big Fishes" now!.....eh?...eh?...*a lone tumbleweed slowly blows past and sighs*.....ok, moving right along!)
As people, we generally don't like change do we? It always takes us a little while to recalibrate our senses and adapt to something new. A few weeks ago, I was in my local market and I witnessed a glorious sight: there was this old market-trader (selling tupperware) who didn't want to accept the new £20 note from a customer because he thought that the new note "looked funny".
I watched him inquisitively from afar as he held the banknote up to the sky (sovereign rings glistening), dubiously examining it with equal derision and suspicion. Finally he shook his head and said, "Nah mate, I don't like the look of these new £20's.... they'll never catch on... people will riot! I mean just look at it, it's too flashy, too gawdy, it looks like bloody monopoly money! I'm sticking with the old £20's mate, mark my words these will be recalled soon!"
I just smiled quietly to myself, as I pondered over what other insightful pearls of wisdom could have passed from this man's lips over the years: "Mobile phones?....don't waste your money mate, they're just a flash in the pan. The internet?.......strictly for nerds and geeks, that fad'll be over before you know it. Radio show podcast charts?......(hah!)....well I wonder which bunch of fairies are gonna be stuck at the top of THAT christmas tree!?"
Speaking of trees... here's last week's poem:
Out of His Tree
From a seed to a sapling, it happened so fast and...
...branches stretch out, as does this broadcast,
From a sapling to a tree,
Have we reached maturity?
As we relieve a Cowboy agent of his client's celebrity,
Watch the winds of change blow through the leaves
Haunted by the Captain of the Seas,
In the land of "cashew-shaped" digits, afflicted fishes have been reprieved,
The Visa's finally been released, now Russell's free to star in his own Period drama,
"The World's Most Conscious Jogger" donning tennis-gear like body armour?
What more can you ask for? Any offence caused we sincerely refute,
His bark is worse than his bite, that's from his leaves to his roots!
Hi Mr Gee. We change also by getting a new skeleton every 26 years from bone cell turnover. I think things like “come on Elga (skeleton number 2), lets go to the bar! (Ill treat you better than the last one- I promise!)”. I wonder what yours would be called? (`Gee is taking Really Cool for a walk to the supermarket!`) xx
I wish Trevor was still in the show.
i hardly think that that new 20 pound note is gonna have the same affect as the internet and mobile phones mr.gee
i saw one today, it was far too purple, the wrong design and yep i'm gonna say it... it was sh*t.
anyway mr.gee, keep on keepin' on.
I've just heard that Russell won't be presenting BBBM anymore. when i heard th news i thought about your blog. times are changing for russell and i wish him all the best. i'm still gonna miss him though :(
That's deep. Quite a little thinker aren't you Mr Gee?
Love the show and love the poems.
give Russell a big kiss from me Mwah lol xxx
Hey Mr Gee! I like reading your poems because I get a chance see how they are written. I'm so happy that Christophe the fish got rescued from that awful woman. Fancy putting him in a dog-poo bag1 Is it true about Russell leaving BB? I know that you say things change but russell is forever!
nice to have new money.... 'citin!
great show guys luvoooooooooo xxx
Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Russell Brand IS BBBM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't know.....wotever next.....Peaceful diplomacy in the Middle-East? Huh! THAT'LL be the day!
Wxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Mmmmmm, everything changes, you used to be fresh, unexpected, with a new outlook......
Bring back Trevor, a real original, there is a feeling now, on the show, you are all saying/doing what you think Russell wants, it was better when his friends did not care so much about his reaction.
Russell rocks, Russell and Matt as a double act, good for Matt, styfling Russ's talent.
Hey Mr Gee
I love the sideways views in this blog evrytime I read it I take something different from it. things do change, I miss the sunday 6music shows, trevor's sonic enigma and matt's cultural review but the new show is still the best thing on radio and your poems always rock! I don't know how you write them so quickly.
xxx kathy
Hey Mr Gee,
I really like your sideways views in your blogs everytime I read them they says something different. everything does change, i miss the sunday morning shows with trevor's sonic enigma and matt's cultural review. but i love the new show and you, russ & matt give good podcast!
give christophe a cuddle!
xxx Kathy
noooooo!!!!!!!!!! why is russell leaving? is it true?? nooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!