{"id":57,"date":"2007-03-15T17:54:47","date_gmt":"2007-03-15T17:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parkesy.wordpress.com\/2007\/03\/15\/off-topic-but-who-cares\/"},"modified":"2007-03-15T17:54:47","modified_gmt":"2007-03-15T17:54:47","slug":"off-topic-but-who-cares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2007\/03\/15\/off-topic-but-who-cares\/","title":{"rendered":"Off Topic But Who Cares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I dont post many off topic posts but i had to do this one<\/p>\n<p>Last night i went to see <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rickygervais.com\/\" title=\"Ricky Gervais\">Ricky Gervais<\/a>\u00a0at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.necgroup.co.uk\/visitor\/thenia\/\" title=\"NIA Website\">NIA<\/a> in Birmingham with my brother.<\/p>\n<p>He was only on for just over an hour but we laughed all the way through!<\/p>\n<p>The  tour is called Fame so as you can imagine several celebs &#8220;got it&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I never really got the Office or Extras but his stand-up is fantastic!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I dont post many off topic posts but i had to do this one Last night i went to see Ricky Gervais\u00a0at the NIA in Birmingham with my brother. 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