So, I see that FHM has printed a nice article regarding 'gag hags' where they used about three sentences of what I submitted for them. I thought I'd put the full write up on here;

Of course there are comedy groupies, what a silly question. In Comedy they are often referred to as gag hags, and of course they are not exclusive to our industry. In Music they are simply groupies, in Ice hockey they’re ‘puck bunnies’ just as in Carpentry I’m sure they’re referred to as ‘floor whores’. Of course their fixation with the clowns are just as much the fault of the comedian as they are the obsession of the groupie. The needy comedian nurtures their obsessions with reinforcement whether it is direct or indirect. Whether its simply by replying to a facebook message, saying hello to them after a gig, or even sleeping with them, these are all signals that say “please, stalk me, I’d like the attention”, even though we often think we are being polite. I guess the comedian always has trouble admitting that we’re the neurotic ones, so the traditional gag hag is a great opportunity to make us feel sane. This is a move very similar to the average looking high school girl who gets herself the fat friend to hang out with and thus look even more attractive in comparison.

So, do I have any comedy groupies, or gag hags? Well, to be honest, yes, but I’m not sure how much they or even I would want to admit it. I’ve got a stripper in Sweden, an Elizabeth Taylor Look-alike, and a Malaysian girl who can barely speak a word of English yet she still posts messages to me over some sort of social network on a daily basis. Of course all of these girls’ identities have been masked to protect their anonymity and save me from being stabbed. In this day and age, it has become very easy to do some sort of ‘stalking’ via the plethora of social networking sites so who are we to make the accusations. In fact, it is just as easy to become the stalker without even realizing it. I think I recently sent three facebook messages to a woman without a reply. I’ve been contemplating a fourth but that would definitely push me in to stalker territory. Maybe I’ll just tag her in a photo from my recent holiday even though she’s not in it, and hope that she gets the urge to contact me because of that. People of the new millennium, stalk away!!