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A few years back, A few friends and I used to frequent the Sunday night Karaoke competition at the Black Horse, Mile End Road. The compere for the evening was an incredibly bitchy drag queen, who usually showed no mercy to anyone brave enough to get up and sing a number.

One night, we were sat there and it was pretty quiet... unusually quiet. This one chap who, we think was a bit ...special needs... kept getting up and murdering song after song in a special tone-deaf horrific way. The drag queen adding such comments as "The Black Horse... supporting care in the community..." and... "I think the Variety Club Sunshine Bus is here to take you back..."

Anyway, during this, in walks this blind bloke, white cane in hand, he makes his way over to the bar, orders a pint and sits at the bar.

Fast forward a bit, and tone deaf Karaoke man returns to the stage and to murder yet another number. The drag queen hides behind the back curtains and occasionally peeps out with desperate look, to great comedy effect. Meanwhile, the blind bloke at the bar finishes his pint, and waving his white stick, carefully makes his way out of the door.

At the end of the performance, the drag queen emerges from behind the curtain and says to tone deaf man...

"Did you see the blind man that left just then?.."

"Yes.. " replies our star.

Drag queen replies: "Well... He was already blind, and you've just fucked his hearing, love!"

Everyone in the place laughed and laughed... special needs tone deaf man with a confused look on his face enjoying the attention but not really knowing what to do next, left the stage and didn't go back up. We felt a bit guilty laughing at the afflicted, but it was funny!
(Sat 7th Feb 2009, 16:28, More)