17th September 2009

Dear all,
Re: The Wisdom of Hounds
We decided to use Mr Bronson's suggestion and we had a brief discussion on the merits and the Wisdom of Crowds.
Firstly, I would like to congratulate Robin on achieving a personal best in his 10K on Wednesday night. He was a little excited and as a result, was a little rough around the edges when we met for the main event of the week last night. Hounding around Purley in the early hours of Thursday - bad hound.
We met a little bit later than usual at around 7.20 and the Farmers was pretty empty. No take aways or trips to Tesco for essential savoury items this week. Tina arrived in good time and then the usual teams turned up just before the start. Regular teams attended: Quizard Slaves, Chuckle brothers and sisters, Nice and Easy, The Jolly Wallies etc. There were also a team of young ladies dressed lik e 14 year old boys - strange that! I can't remember their team name, but Flowery Pants and Bottom Cracks was appropriate.
The drinks were Bulmers, Fosters, Guinness and Kronenbourg being drunk at the usual frenetic pace.
Well on to the quiz, personally it was the usual blur, but Daren and Tina both put in an excellent performance. Daren coming out with some great left field answers: Mel Gibson and knowing the characters in The Princess and The Bride. There appeared to be many film questions in it last night. The cricket question was a bit strange: apparently a water soaked pitch is commonly known as a greasy pitch!? No trouble with bits of paper flying around this week, as the word round was answered almost immediately (usurped) by Kevin and Daren.
Kevster turned up at 9.15 and confirmed our answer on the boxer, who had obtained titles at 3 different weights - it wasn't Marvin Hagler. Kevster's birthday (40th) and he had eaten at a very posh restaurant in Reigate (Tony Tobin's Dining Room) with his mother and daughter. Seafood does not a gree with our Kevster, as the scallops had repeated!
At the end of the quiz, I was pretty confident as most questions had been answered without the need for consulation and reasoning, with both purpose and authority (Tina loves to scibble out wrong and, it was clear that the Wisdom of the Hounds would shine t hrough. This proved to be true.
The Hounds came out on top again with 108 points leaving the majority of teams lagging behind on 107. Hoorah, high fives for one and all and a subsequent tip to Kebabish, where Robin and I sampled their high quality cuisine - not quite in the league of Tony Tobin, but still very tasty after a few beers. I arrived home at 12.20am - far too late for a school night.
Hoorah for the Hound! More beer later please!