Sunday, November 28, 2004

Despite Killie getting stuffed by Livingston yesterday, its been a particularly enjoyable weekend so far. The cold has well subsided, and work, of a sort, has resumed. Friday was thewife's birthday and she seemed quite pleased with the smelly stuff she received. Friday was also the sate of our latest "Who wants to be a a Millionaire?" style quiz night in aid of funds for the Woodies. Not the busiest night for a while but Jim Stewart managed to squeeze the dosh out of people nonetheless. thewife was asking the questions in her best Ann Robinson impression. First of four rounds and I am doing quite well, last one in at �8,000 and I have used all my lifelines in trying to figure out who Sean Penn's current wife is. Successfully worked it out only to be stumped by the next question which was along the lines of who was the only Briton to hold the World, Olympic, European and Commonwealth record for whatever in nineteen ninety something. It was between Linford Christie, Colin Jackson, Sally Gunnel and Jonathan Edwards. Of course it was Linford Christie, but I took the money......well the points as I just wasn't sure.

Liz N is up second for us and is mortified at the fact she went out at 300 points, by misunderstanding a poorly worded question. This is very not her.

The quiz is a fun mass spectator event, with 4 rounds and four people per team. The answers are held up on cards, so there's no real opportunity for cheating except for the odd signal from colleagues in the audience. Lady El is up 3rd and is doing well, then there's a question asking which animal the term "ursine" refers to. The councillor and I are desperately trying to attract her attention to our "bearing" our chests. The man opposite is doubled up laughing as it suddenly dawns on us that Hare was also an option and its too late to do anything about it. Fortunately she opts for Bear which means we are in with a shout of winning.

We use the boardgame questions and for this one A&R have brought along the new version. Normally our quizzes last the whole evening, but we think the questions have got harder as no-one has got more than 8,000 in the four rounds, which means we are finished far earlier than expected. So we have another round and this time we let Liz N in for a another shot and damned if she doesn't get up to �500,000.

Saturday and thewife and I went out to celebrate her birthday with a meal at the Ship Inn. Bloody fabulous it was.

So the weekend is almost over and I still haven't had the chance to sample my beers for the good beer blog.

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