The Curious Incident Of The Hound In The Night Time

Well that was a rum one. Started off with frankly sweltering temperatures, all were commenting on arms sticking to the table etc. By the time I got back on the train, raining cats and dogs as it were, with absolutely no protection from the elements, it was a dash from the station back to Hound Towers.

Now due to this, and not at all down to the previous drinking, blogging notes were lost. Frankly they'd have been ruined anyway. So:

Starting with a picture, bring back any memories for anyone, eh Kevster?

It all started in the Pear Tree. Someone mentioned maybe an early start today, Man U were on the box at 6 so it all made sense. Steve had some good news about his immediate employment prospects, frankly good news for all of us as workers are getting thin on the ground in our collective, while Graham and I discussed ST8, all within the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement naturally. Bar snacks were had, then Kevster turned up to transport us to the PA.

More inane chit chat followed. Trips to Germany, a £1,200 balancing payment, Bilbao and Hermione Granger all got a well deserved mention. The Anoraks asked us to road test a quiz they were running at a school in Sutton. Probably harder than the one we did on the night. Who's up for dressing up in school uniform and crashing it?

By now Man U had lost, Kevster was on his way to Heathrow and Southampton were playing. Teams gathered, the quiz:

Round 1 - One of those linky things, SLANT, SLANG, SLING etc. Easy enough

Round 2 - Current Affairs - Which retailer had its Market Cap slashed? Primark apparently.

Round 3 - Science type stuff. Hurrah!

Round 4 - Connections. Not only England rugby but the 2003 World Cup winning side, Johnson, Dallaglio etc.

Round 5 - Linkups. Included a very clever link back to something beginning with J with Nicky Minaj. Kudos.

Round 6 - Jeopardy. Went all in. The Anoraks did the same. Tension mounts.

Round 7 - Music. Less this week than our usual 17 or 18.

Result, I'm on a deadline so no suspense, Hound win, both us and the Anoraks landed the Jeopardy but we got one more pointer. Way to go and roll on Plumpton.

In other news I was nearly run over today as a driver chose to go the wrong side of the road, speed over a zebra crossing and jump a red light in Coulsdon. At least here to tell the tale.

Gotta hop!