29th October 2009

A new Thursday and a new position, planning to implement the shadow
team, we positioned ourselves round the corner from Theo by the ladies
loos. Central to the new plan was Pete turning up in disguise to act as
captain. We wondered if he was already in the pub in disguise having
spotted several likely candidates, but once 8pm came and went it was
clear he'd been grounded and with Kevster also out of action, Tina,
Daren and myself would have to revert to Plan A - enter under a Houndish
name and answer as many questions right as possible.

This is what we attempted and a solid first round saw us in the middle
of the pack. Onto the music round and it seemed to be 70s disco night,
Car Wash, Lady Marmalade, I Feel Love etc. None of our strong suits, is
it anyone's?, but again we didn't disgrace ourselves and we went into
the last round with chances.

A better true or false round than usual 4/5 and we managed a word out of
BARITONE but was clear from our new position in the pub were there were
some very large teams around, 11 Hamsters were counted, plus a few
others were making none too discreet use of phones. With eight teams
tied it looked like the whole quiz could go to tie break but two teams
broke the deadlock and a clear winner emerged. Daren expressed himself
confused.

Not a difficult one but pre match meals were a) bacon grills and chips
b) fish finger sandwich plus cheese on toast c) brie baguette. The rest
of the evening was spent discussing euthanasia, not as a consequence of
the quiz result, but I pity Daren if a few marbles start rolling around.