Saint Marion of Beirut has risen from his bed, put on his habit aka grey hoosecoat, switched on his light fitting to hover as a halo above his bun and delivered Wednesdays Words of Wisdom in the style of Radio 2's 'Pause for Thought' with the screen title Mario Advice.
He is trying not to go 'Into a tangent' rather than 'off on a tangent' and praise be, his disciples are messaging with their thanks from the 'happier place' they have found themselves in by following the Areshole of Auchentorlie.
On another note, I CANNOT wait until they hit NY after the trial run to Gran Canaria - 7hr 20 mins Edinburgh to JFK, 3 hours queuing through passport checks on arrival - try seeing where waving your shart card gets you with the TSA staff. Trying to work out why his taxi fare has a 20 % tip auto added to it on the screen. Working out that sales tax is 8.875% which is added at point of sale so the price you see is not the price you pay and that you tip the waitress, the hotel staff, the taxi drivers.
However Deek should be right at home in downtown Manhatten as all we could smell was weed
Empire State Building tickets $48 each but if you want to skip the queues then its $87 for an express ticket
9/11 Memorial , museum and one world observatory $109 each
Broadway show - Bad Cinderella starts at $60 a ticket but Hamilton will set you back anything from $140 a seat
Empire State Building tickets $44 each or if you want to watch Sunrise on the 86th floor with a Starbucks reserve then you need to fork out $ 135 each - the definitive 'Wake up and smell the coffee'
Ooh best get saving that petty cash Mario. can't go all that way on the first leg of your 'World Tour' and hope that a blue tick and a shart card give you exclusive gratis access to the sights.