{"id":2376,"date":"2021-04-07T11:13:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T11:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneoffcomedy.co.uk\/?p=2376"},"modified":"2021-04-07T11:13:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T11:13:53","slug":"its-about-to-go-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneoffcomedy.co.uk\/its-about-to-go-down\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s About to Go Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the year 2018, One Off Comedy\u2019s secret weapon, Mat Wills, started to write weekly about his journey in professional stand up comedy.\u00a0 These are the written adventures and misadventures in the life of our precious funny short man.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"comedy<\/p>\n

I BURP, I FART. I\u2019M A REAL WOMAN \u2013 KATE WINSLET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once on a plane, during a skydiving lesson, a young lady taught me that to skydive well you must be relaxed. And then suggested that whilst in free-fall I should try and fart.<\/p>\n

The air pressure fluctuates, which helps flatulence, so it\u2019s always possible. If you can concentrate on letting one go, it means your mind is in a good calm place, which is important while plummeting to Earth.<\/p>\n

That day there were 4 experienced skydivers in the plane, plus me and my instructor, Billy. As we climbed to our 12,000-foot jumping altitude, I must have looked nervous because someone pointed to my chest and said \u201cwhat’s that?\u201d I looked down and her finger came up and flicked my nose. Everybody laughed and someone let out quite a loud fart.<\/p>\n

This increased our giggles and then everyone blew off together. We must have all been very, very relaxed. I then did what everyone does after the bottom breaths. I discreetly sniffed. I was surprised to smell petrol. Should I be worried?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Maybe I had hypoxia oxygen starvation and was hallucinating. I had another sniff. It wasn\u2019t petrol; it was aviation fuel, which smells more exciting.<\/p>\n

When you walk off a plane onto the tarmac that\u2019s what you can smell. It\u2019s richer yet cheaper. I turned to Billy and explained I must have drunk too much the night before as I was emitting aviation fuel from my behind.<\/p>\n

He laughed and eventually sniffed.
\nCuriosity gets to everyone.<\/p>\n

Billy then looked worried and informed the pilot, who also had a sniff. Our pilot was the epitome of calm. He took a moment, then announced that we were going down and all of those who needed to leave the plane should do so, which our skydiving buddies promptly did.<\/p>\n

Billy and myself were to be the last out, but, as our turn to jump came, I was instructed to sit down since we would not be leaving. He explained that as I was only a student skydiver and therefore we were not at a legal altitude for me to jump.<\/p>\n

I looked around for the sky-police but there were only three of us left on the potential fireball.<\/p>\n

The pilot switched off the engines and that was it. I was told to rest my head between my legs and kiss my arse goodbye.<\/p>\n

Billy was making jokes. I was in a plane that was plummeting to Earth and could be a potential barbeque and my friend, instructor and skydive mentor was making jokes.<\/p>\n

He clearly wasn\u2019t the cool guy I thought, he was a nut job. We were unnecessarily going down with the plane.<\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t scared, who had time for that stupid emotion. I was angry. Billy was smiling. The pilot was laughing. They were both nut jobs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Our sky-coffin was no longer flying, it was falling, all be it a little gracefully thanks to the skills of the soon-to-be-deceased pilot. They were both very calm so I decided that if I can\u2019t beat them, which I really wanted to do, then I\u2019d have to join them.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t pray, I didn\u2019t cry, I did nothing. I accepted my fate. Those minutes before I became burnt toast were some of the longest of my life.<\/p>\n

It was so quiet.<\/p>\n

The pilot broke the silence when he shouted to brace for impact. Billy put his hand on my head and pushed it down between my knees. I could still smell the fuel and my fart. I let out another but I don\u2019t think it was one of the relaxed ones.<\/p>\n

Then we touched down. It was so gentle\u2026 the plane just rolled to a stop. I then heard Billy shout \u201cRUN MATTY!\u201d<\/p>\n

I bundled myself out the plane with the other two and we ran so fast we would have overtaken Usain Bolt.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to say the plane exploded in a fireball just for the excitement but it didn\u2019t. Nothing happened. It was a huge anti-climax.<\/p>\n

The plane was fixed – we jumped from it that afternoon.<\/p>\n

Later I realised that I was the student who was not allowed to jump, yet Billy could have left with the more experienced skydivers and decided to stay with me.<\/p>\n

I asked him why he did this and was told that you\u2019ve got to die sometime and he didn\u2019t want me to be alone.<\/p>\n

I Loved that guy.<\/p>\n

He is so cool. He\u2019s still a nut job, but a selfless, kind, adorable nut job.<\/p>\n

I now fart on every plane I\u2019m on just to remind myself to relax and to check for fuel leaks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, that\u2019s my excuse.
\nWhat\u2019s yours?<\/p>\n

\n

More of Mat Wills on the internet<\/strong><\/p>\n

Website ><\/a>
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\nRic Wharton and Mat Wills’ Podcast ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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