More on laughter and ideas by Bill Kirton
As a follow-up (or -on) from my previous two posts (on the themes of 'what is laughter?' and 'where do writers get their ideas?') I offer this anecdote about an incident during a car journey I took many years ago with my daughter and her family. It was a totally insignificant event which nevertheless managed to achieve some momentum – and which I've decided I can twist into something connected with the writing process. I was in my daughter’s car, being driven from Glasgow to Loch Lomond. She was in the back, with h er two sons (aged 9 and 5), her husband was at the wheel beside me. In front of us was a VW Beetle. In the centre of its rear window dangled a plastic, half-peeled banana – exactly the same colour as the car. ‘Oh look, an amusing banana,’ said my daughter, with the devastating satirical tone which is obviously my legacy to her. Never one to be out-satired, especially by someone for whom I’ve striven to be a role model for years (with limited success...