"I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A SCRUBBER"

Do you get it? Boy George's joke, as he was starting his community service cleaning the streets of New York.

But hang about, George - wasn't it you who said you'd prefer a cup of tea to sex? As Ted Bovis once said, first rule of comedy, Spike, you must have consistency.

After a short period, the people supervising George moved him behind a "fenced-off area" to protect him from the press (which is a bit like saving Imolo, the man who sets fire to himself for kicks, from the barbecue pit). We're not sure entirely what sort of fenced-off area George could clean up to benefit the people of New York, but then we're not a legal expert.

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