Jo was a silly character, often getting himself into difficult situations and rarely being able to get himself out of them again. He often embarrassed himself around a lot of people, especially around women and strangers, and never seemed to know the right thing to say at any time. This made for quite a stressful existence, so you can imagine the relief he felt when he ended up getting invited to a big party.

Jo turned up at the party with the offering of beer that he had come to understand was customary for these events. He gets to the door and pulls out his wallet and…oh no! He seems to have forgotten his invitation. But how will he get past the bouncer without it? Well it must be in there somewhere Jo…ah well that’s lucky. The bouncer seems to have taken all the bank notes out of Jo’s wallet and mistaken them for an invitation. What a lucky break! Quick Jo, get inside before he realises his mistake! Phew, that was a close one. Way to outsmart that bouncer eh Jo? He looks around to try and find a place to put his beer where it won’t be stolen by any strangers, and oh yes there’s a table full of the stuff. Looks like its got a whole lot of people round it as well, they’ll probably look after it. And I mean come on, how many people go to a party with the intention of getting themselves drunk? Jo reasons that his beer will of course be safe there. Hey Jo, look at that girl over there? Yeah she is good looking isn’t she? Jo walks over to talk to her, oh what a daring man he is. Hmm try breaking the ice with a joke, that’s a nice original way of introducing yourself to her. See, she laughed! Must have been a good one – your jokes about women being rubbish map-readers never cease to amuse and impress. Now careful Jo, don’t want to seem like you’re just the same as every other guy she’s met tonight. Try and drop in a subtle hint that you’re single, she’ll never expect it. Jo proceeds to recount the story of how he and his last girlfriend went on a picnic and he accidentally broke her ankle with a ham sandwich and some grapes. Oh, don’t forget to mention how you’re not together anymore Jo. Oh she guessed that? Wow, you must be on the same wavelength. Hey, if you’re really serious about it, why don’t you invite her on a picnic next weekend? Yeah I bet she’d love that. What’s that? Oh that’s a shame. Well, I suppose if she has prior arrangements getting a scan for cancer of the toenail on Mars, there’s not much you can do about it is there? Just let her know what she’s missing out on, and walk away. Ouch that looked painful…is your face all right? She must have misheard and thought you said ‘hex’ or something…maybe she mistook you for a witch. Ah well, it doesn’t matter. So a few minutes pass and Jo gets a bit bored, since he doesn’t really know anyone else. Luckily a friendly looking chap comes up to Jo with what looks like a bag of sweets, and asks him if he wants to party! Well Jo is understandably confused, since he’s partying already, but the man seems nice and jolly so Jo agrees. Jo eats one or two of the sweeties, and…wow, when did the world change colour? Its all blurry and everything looks like rainbows…this is some party eh Jo? Oh Jo, be careful, you don’t seem to steady. No Ho, be careful of the sound system, its right…ouch! That looked painful. Expensive too…wow, those guys don’t look happy. But I’m sure they’ll understand right Jo? I mean, you were only partying right Jo?

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