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Jerry Sadowitz and my Honey Flap

No, no to the venue staff at the Pleasance, Edinburgh, being able to pull Jerry Sadowitz's show because it doesn't 'align with their values'.   During Jack and the Beanstalk, in 204, one of my Dame Trott costumes was late out of the workshop.  It was a beehive.  There was a nylon thread attached, but because of the bulge in the beehive, I couldn't see where this thread led to or what happened when it got there.   Wearing the new costume, I went onstage to meet the King, played by Brendan Coach Trip Sheerin.  The King's coach had broken down.  Brendan's opening line was, 'Hello, my good woman, I bet you'd like to help with my big end and lubricate my dipstick.'   I pulled my thread.  Brendan looked down.  Apparently, I had just opened a tiny drawbridge in the lower part of the hive.   Innocently, he said, 'Is that your flap where honey comes out?' The adults out front giggled, tensed for my reply.  I said right to them, 'The kids won&#