So, this military material is definitely a fan favourite. I can’t even remember when I first started doing the Bullets Bullets Bullets routine but I’m sure it must’ve come from my ‘Based On Actual Events’ Edinburgh show of 2006. Anyway, once again I’m dancing with blinkers in the field of truth. This really did happen during training sessions in the New Zealand Army, although never as silly as I’ve made it seem here. Everything in the military is taken very seriously which is why it was so absurd that I was even part of it. The truth is, I actually love a sense of order and for everything to be done just so. I can’t stand chaos and mess either, after all, I had been wearing military cadet uniforms and enjoying their rule structure since the age of twelve when I first joined the Air Training Corps…
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